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Quotes About Dragons

I don't know if you have ever seen one of those old maps where they mark a spot with a cross and put 'Here be dragons' or 'Keep ye eye skinned for hippogriffs', but I had always felt that some such kindly warning might well have been given to pedestrians and traffic with regard to this Steeple Bumpleigh.
~ P.G, Wodehouse
But dragons are one thing and aunts are another.
~ P.G. Wodehouse
I might, that is to say, be safe from the dragon, but what about the hippogriffs? That was the question I asked myself. What price the hippogriffs?
~ P.G. Wodehouse
It looked very similar to the screwdriver used by the time-traveling hero of the dragons' favorite television program.
~ Chris d'Lacey
Plum guessed it stood to reason that out of all these billions of books at least one of them had to be dragon porn.
~ Lev Grossman
God, I hope we don't have to use that," was all he said out loud. "Oh, come on, Quentina. We're not looking for trouble. We just want to be ready if it comes." Josh could hardly contain himself. "Dungeons & Dragons, motherfucker!
~ Lev Grossman
Lots of people say they've talked to dragons, but it's very hard to verify. Supposedly the Thames dragon wrote most of Pink Floyd's stuff. At least after
~ Lev Grossman
I saw the first 'How to Train Your Dragon' film with my children, and I found it utterly exhilarating.
~ Cate Blanchett
Dragons, like four o'clock tea, crumpets, marmalade, and zip-up cardigans, are a peculiarity to the Ununited Kingdoms. They are fierce, fire-breathing creatures of great intelligence, dignity, and sensitivity who could and did converse on matters of great importance. But for all their intelligence, wit, and social graces, dragons still had one habit that made them impossible to ignore." "And that is?" "They liked to eat people.
~ Jasper Fforde
No one's going to be killing any Dragons,' said the Princess. 'It is my order.' 'I'm a knight,' he said simply, 'killing Dragons is what I do.' 'And burning idiots like you to powdered charcoal,' said Colin, 'is what we do.
~ Jasper Fforde
Dragons, for instance, have the right of safe conduct anywhere in Faërie. A reader may not like to read stories about dragons, she may be morally offended or aesthetically uninterested or simply sick of the subject; but at any rate she will not complain that the author has cheated by bringing in a dragon, because dragons belong in fantasy.
~ Unknown
Sunny, by all the moons, quit feeling sorry for dragons who want to abduct you and sell you off.
~ Tui T. Sutherland
Great," Glory said. "How about a trail of cow parts, too? And a map of where we're going? Or perhaps we could set this part of the forest on fire, just to make sure everyone knows how to find us. Would you like me to spell out 'DRAGONETS WUZ HERE' in giant rocks?
~ Tui T. Sutherland
The other dragonets were his own size (nearly), and they didn't cheat (well, most of the time).
~ Tui T. Sutherland
Well, except she didn't tell me about the stealth RainWing bodyguards she put on me. That was pretty hilarious. Everyone should suddenly have the air turn into seven bright purple dragons yelling hysterically whenever she gets attacked.
~ Tui T. Sutherland
Dazzling, Grandeur, Exquisite," Glory muttered, adding those to the list of things she'd memorized in the last day. "And the last one? Let me guess — Splendiferous? Astonishing? Too Beautiful for Dragon Eyes to Bear?" "That's Fruit Bat," said Kinkajou.
~ Tui T. Sutherland
Centuries later, as the dragon planet spun through space, a comet passed by, close enough to shine like a fourth moon in Pyrrhia's sky. Close enough to change the tides and shake the continents. As earthquakes rumbled through the ground, long-buried rocks shifted that had been in place for thousands of years. Deep underground, in the darkness, copper wires snapped. And a dragon awoke …
~ Tui T. Sutherland
I've never met an IceWing," Clay said, edging back a step. "I've never met much of anyone, really. I mean, I guess I read that you were all the color of ice, but I didn't realize ice came in so many colors. Like, you know, blue. Very surprising. It's cool, though. Oh, ha ha, no pun intended.
~ Tui T. Sutherland
That might apply if these dragons were my friends," Winter objected, "but they're actually strangers who happened to get thrown into a group with me. They're not even IceWings. Why should they care what happens to Hailstorm?" "They care what happens to you," Glory said. "For some reason," added Deathbringer. "Entertainment value," offered Qibli.
~ Tui T. Sutherland
He felt an almost unbearable longing to press himself against her scales and fall asleep with her star-speckled wings over his.
~ Tui T. Sutherland
Winter glanced over at Cirrus again and found him glaring at Moon and Kinkajou with an expression of searing hatred, so intense that Winter wanted to run across the clearing and fling up his wings to shield Moon from it.
~ Tui T. Sutherland
Otherwise he'll always be worrying about what she thinks of him. It's her eyes on him that make him so afraid of his magic. He'd be much happier and less worried without her around. As would I, frankly. I don't particularly like dragons who point sharp things at me.
~ Tui T. Sutherland
This is awesome," Tsunami said. "I'm so excited." "Going to see my very favorite dragon in all of Pyrrhia." "Are you being Glory now?" Sunny asked. "Queen of Sarcasm?" "I can be sarcastic, too! "She doesn't get to be queen of everything," Tsunami grumbled.
~ Tui T. Sutherland
scavengers who attacked dragons for their treasure, waving sharp little toothpick claw things called swords.
~ Tui T. Sutherland