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Books were despised by the Viking Tribes, as they were seen as a horrible civilizing influence and a threat to the barbarian culture.
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A Chief must show no fear, no worry... A Chief is a leader first, and a man second.
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You remember what I said, way way way back at the start of Hiccup’s adventures, how this would be the story of becoming a Hero the Hard Way? Now you can begin to see exactly how hard the way has been.
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Slowly, Gobber stood up. Carefully, he removed his helmet from his head, and placed it very gently on the chest of the dead Goliath.
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History, you see, is like the interlocking wheels turning in a ticking-thing. Something unexpected happens, some sort of hiccup... the wheels are jogged... and then they set off again, beating out the time in a new pattern.
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Well, suffering swordfish," exclaimed Fishlegs. "Hiccup is LEFTHANDED.
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You can Cheat a Dragon's Curse. You do not have to accept the hand that Fate has dealt you.
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But how can we know that dragons did not exist? We have never actually BEEN to the Dark Ages.
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It's only paranoia," whispered the Wodensfang, "If things aren't out to get you...
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Twelve days north of Hopeless and a few degrees south of Freezing to Death
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Drood Commander, watching Xar in the mirror. ‘He said: “Everything Open,”’ said Encanzo. The smug smile was instantly wiped off the Drood Commander’s face
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I was not a natural. . . . This is the story of becoming . . . the Hard Way.
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But sometimes the bravest thing a Hero has to do is not fighting monsters and cheating death and witches. It is facing the consequences of his own actions.
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Are you the stuff that hero's are made of? Or are you a jellyfish in a skirt?
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On the back of the Silver Phantom I have flown so high that his wing-tips seemed to touch the very moon itself…
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Witches’ feet make no footprint. Witches’ bodies make no shadows. But they make the trees, the land, the moss, A little colder as they pass.
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You do not have to accept the hand that Fate has dealt you.
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“I would say, I’ll meet you in Valhalla," replied Hiccup through gritted teeth. "But I don’t think you’ll be going there.
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K-k-keep your helmet on. T-t-toothless doing his BEST.
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The past has a way of catching up with you.
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GO FOR HIS EYES! OR BITE HIM ON THE NOSE! DRAGON NOSES ARE VERY SENSITIVE!" Oh, very helpful, Camicazi, very helpful...thought Hiccup. What if he doesn't obligingly hold me up to his nose? What if the only part I get close to is the TEETH?
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There were dragons when I was a boy.
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If it doesn’t end well, then it isn’t the end
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How can you make a fresh start in a New World when you are carrying with you on your boat all the same problems, the same frustrations and inequalities of the Old World?
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