Dragons Quotes - Page 13

• Only if the dragon and the eagle turn their sights from each other and make room for each other in the world they share, can they reach new and brighter horizons.

  Bill Vaughan

  Sight, Eagles, Horizon

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• I loved Dungeons & Dragons. Actually, not so much the actual playing as the creation of characters and the opportunity to roll twenty-sided dice. I loved those pouches of dice Dungeon Masters would trundle around, loved choosing what I was going to be: warrior, wizard, dwarf, thief.

  Michael Ian Black

  Character, Warrior, Opportunity

  "Michael Ian Black on Parenting, Pop Culture and His Worst Christmas Present Ever". Interview with Sarah Thyre, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 16, 2012.

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• I like Aurora, Sleeping Beauty, because shes just sleeping and looking pretty and waiting for boys to come kiss her. Sounds like a good life - lots of naps and cute boys fighting dragons to come kiss you.

  Ariana Grande

  Cute, Good Life, Sleep

  "We Sent Two of Ariana Grande's Biggest Fans to Interview Her - Come See What Happened!". www.glamour.com. September 5, 2013.

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• He was no dragon, Dany thought, curiously calm. Fire cannot kill a dragon

  George R. R. Martin

  Fire, Calm

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.446, Bantam

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• Chang Tzu tells us of a persevering man who after three laborious years mastered the art of dragon-slaying. For the rest of his days, he had not a single opportunity to test his skills.

  Jorge Luis Borges

  Art, Opportunity, Men

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• A dragon has just flown over the tree-tops and lighted on the beach. Yes, I am afraid it is between us and the ship. And arrows are no use against dragons. And they're not at all afraid of fire." "With your Majesty's leave-" began Reepicheep. "No, Reepicheep," said the King very firmly, "you are not to attempt a single combat with it.

  C. S. Lewis

  Beach, Kings, Fire

  C. S. Lewis (1997). “The voyage of the Dawn Treader”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• Sleeping on a dragon's hoard with greedy, dragonish thoughts in his heart, he had become a dragon himself.

  C. S. Lewis

  Heart, Sleep, Greedy

  C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.107, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• And over all those sleepy weeks, the dream always ended the same way, with the dragon coming for the princess saying the same words every time.... "Face it, Tally-wa, you're Special.

  Scott Westerfeld

  Dream, Princess, Special

  Scott Westerfeld (2008). “Pretties”, p.370, Simon and Schuster

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• You haven't been bit till a dragon does it.

  Tamora Pierce

  Doe, Havens, Bits

  Tamora Pierce (2009). “Emperor Mage”, p.111, Simon and Schuster

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• Well! I had the most fantastic dream! Trees crying blood. Horrible dead elves going around and killing people! Raistlin wearing black robes! It was the most incredible thing! And you were there, Sturm. Laurana and Flint. And everyone died! Well, almost everyone. Raistlin didn't. And there was a green dragon-' Tasslehoff stopped. What was wrong with his friends? Their faces were pale, their eyes wide.

  Margaret Weis

  Dream, Eye, Wearing Black

  Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman (1985). “Dragons of Winter Night”, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• ignition! blast off!!! the vessel needs a new name! something more appropriate to a starship. apollo? gemini? enterprise. already taken. millennium falcon. trademarked. all rights reserved. no! wait, i have it! dragin star! thats it! dragon star!

  Margaret Weis

  Stars, Taken, Rights

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• Lawful good to lawful evil!" said Simon, pleased. "He's quoting Dungeons and Dragons," said Clary. "Ignore him.

  Cassandra Clare

  Evil, Dungeons, Said

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.556, Simon and Schuster

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• Here the spirit becomes a lion who would conquer his freedom and be master… Who is the great dragon whom the spirit will no longer call lord and go? ‘Thou shalt’ is the name of the great dragon. But the spirit of the lion says, ‘I will.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Names, Lions, Spirit

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• What do you know about dragons?” “They're big, scaly, four-legged creatures with wings who terrorized small villages until a virgin was offered up as a sacrifice.” His grinned again. “I do miss the virgins.

  Katie MacAlister

  Sacrifice, Wings, Missing

  Katie Macalister (2004). “You Slay Me”, p.49, Penguin

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• The dragon is withered, His bones are now crumbled; His armour is shivered, His splendour is humbled! Though sword shall be rusted, And throne and crown perish With strength that men trusted And wealth that they cherish, Here grass is still growing, And leaves are yet swinging, The white water flowing, And elves are yet singing Come! Tra-la-la-lally! Come back to the valley!

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Men, White, Water

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.120, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Most of us know what we should expect to find in a dragon's lair, but, as I said before, Eustace had read only the wrong books. They had a lot to say about exports and imports and governments and drains, but they were weak on dragons.

  C. S. Lewis

  Book, Government, Weak

  C. S. Lewis (1997). “The voyage of the Dawn Treader”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• But I'll always love you, and I'll always miss you and I'll never forget that It's okay to put dragons in the jungle and tears on a tiger

  Sharon M. Draper

  Love You, Missing, Tears

  Sharon M. Draper (2006). “Tears of a Tiger”, p.180, Simon and Schuster

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• One of the beauties of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' is the very delicate and strange relationship between the two main characters.

  Stellan Skarsgard

  Tattoo, Girl, Character

  "Esquire's Nominating Academy Presents: Stellan Skarsgård". www.esquire.com. January 18, 2012.

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• There's a lot of things I nerd out over. Quantum Mechanics. I also love Dungeons and Dragons. I want to be an astronaut.

  Analeigh Tipton

  Nerd, Dungeons, Want

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• Confidence is like a dragon where, for every head cut off, two more heads grow back.

  Criss Jami

  Inspirational, Self Confidence, Cutting

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.118, Criss Jami

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• The objection to fairy stories is that they tell children there are dragons. But children have always known there are dragons. Fairy stories tell children that dragons can be killed.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Children, Fairy Stories, Objections

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• I leave to children exclusively, but only for the life of their childhood, all and every the dandelions of the fields and the daisies thereof, with the right to play among them freely, according to the custom of children, warning them at the same time against the thistles. And I devise to children the yellow shores of creeks and the golden sands beneath the water thereof, with the dragon flies that skim the surface of said waters, and and the odors of the willows that dip into said waters, and the white clouds that float on high above the giant trees.

  Williston Fish

  Children, Yellow, White

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• Now familiar with my own particular voice and accent, my Dragon app prints out exactly what I speak into my iPad. Twenty years ago this miracle would be unthinkable.

  Robert Genn

  Technology, Voice, Ipads

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• I would slay dragons for you,” he told her. “I suspect that finding an unoccupied bedroom will be easier.

  Patricia Briggs

  Bedroom, Easier, Findings

  Patricia Briggs (2009). “Hunting Ground”, p.215, Penguin

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• And Annie showed me how ailanthus trees grow under subway and sewer gratings, stretching toward the sun, making shelter in the summer, she said, laughing, for the small dragons that live under the streets.

  Nancy Garden

  Summer, Laughing, Tree

  Nancy Garden (2017). “Annie on My Mind”, p.61, Open Road Media

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