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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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We're all snatching precious moments from the peaceful jaws of time.
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The world broke open like a big white egg.
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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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That is a terrible plan." "Hiccup's plans are always t-terrible." "Hey! You're still here, aren't you?
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OUTCASTS! R-R-RUN FOR YOUR LIVES, YOU S-S-SSTUPID H-H-HUMANS!!!
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After Alvin we would be on board the other boat by now … Didn’t”
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Always sailing, sailing, sailing...never quite reaching.
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I NAME THIS LAND TOMORROW, FOR IT SHALL LAST FOREVERMORE!
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MAKE RED YOUR CLAWS WITH HUMAN BLOOD…OBLITERATE THE HUMAN FILTH…
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“Uh-oh," thought Hiccup, who was an intelligent boy. "This person wants to kill me."
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The Supper is still singing.
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I wanted to be a King who would found a New World, not in some misty country far across the seas, but right here, right now, at home.
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I promise,' said Alvin, 'word of a Treacherous.
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“He says he comes in peace," said Hiccup "He's still going to kill us, though.
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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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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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You were not my first love, Stoick the Vast," said Valhallarama. "But you are my last…
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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.
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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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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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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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Sometimes you have to stand up for what you believe in, even against those you love, and that can be harder than you think.
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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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