Cressida Cowell Quotes
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Sometimes a King has to do terrible things in order to protect those he has sworn to look after. When the stakes are so high, dreadful decisions have to be taken. It is the responsibility of a King to take on that burden, that guilt.
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Notice how the crucible of the story changes those who listen to it, those who are within it, and the person who is telling it, all at the same time.
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MAKE RED YOUR CLAWS WITH HUMAN BLOOD…OBLITERATE THE HUMAN FILTH…
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The past haunts the present in mores ways than we realize. It certainly scares the living daylights out of me.
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Surely, just because SOME Magic is bad, it doesn't mean that ALL Magic is bad?
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There were dragons when I was a boy.
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You see how good and evil are twisted together? Like a golden dragon bracelet snaking brightly about a person's arm.
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Wartihog put up his hand. "What happens if we can't read, sir?" "No boasting, Wartihog!" boomed Gobber. "Get some idiot to read it for you.
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I didn't mean to come here... And I didn't mean to stay... It's just where the sea wind blew me One accidental day...
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And this was the surprising thing about life on Berk. It was a bit like the sea itself. One minute it was all storms, and shipwrecks, and desperate escapes from deadly dragons, the next is was calm, and peacefully restful, as if these things had never happened.
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“Uh-oh," thought Hiccup, who was an intelligent boy. "This person wants to kill me."
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The first Dragon was enough to give you nightmares. The second Dragon was enough to give your nightmares nightmares.
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"Oh, for Thor's sake..." said Hiccup. "I thought that was just a story..." "Stories come from somewhere," said the witch. "The past haunts the present in more ways than we realise.
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It is always a mistake to underestimate the little people of the world, for it is often they who tip the balance.
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The Supper is still singing.
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The witch softly, ‘for the dragons’ days are numbered
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Growing up happens so quick sometimes, that it catches us by surprise.
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If I was living in a happier place," said Eggingarde, "I might tell stories with happier endings.
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Perhaps I am a foolish, fond old dragon who never learns from his own mistakes. But I have to believe that the humans and the dragons are capable of living together. I have to hope that the impossible can be possible. I have to trust in the boy and hope for the best...
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Always sailing, sailing, sailing...never quite reaching.
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Worrying won’t help it turn up any sooner. And look!” continued the giant. “If you waste your time worrying, how will you have a moment to see how beautiful the world is?
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Ah, being a parent is so much harder than it looks. And just because you are old, does not mean that you do not make mistakes. So that is the story of the Great Jailbreak of Gormincrag.
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I was not the sort of boy who could train a dragon with a mere lifting of an eyebrow. I was not a natural at the Heroism business. I had to work at it. This is the story of becoming a Hero the Hard Way.
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The Hero cares not for a wild winter's storm. For it carries him swift on the back of the storm. All may be lost and our hearts may be worn, but a Hero fights forever.