Dragons Quotes - Page 14

• 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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• 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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• And as an ev'ning dragon came, Assailant on the perched roosts And nests in order rang'd Of tame villatic fowl.

  John Milton

  Order, Fowl, Nests

  John Milton, Merritt Yerkes Hughes (1957). “Complete Poems and Major Prose”, p.592, Hackett Publishing

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• I've always been a gamer. I play a version of Dungeons & Dragons.

  Thomas Middleditch

  Play, Dungeons, Gamer

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• In time they sank and decayed, and nothing is left of them except an occasional impression in stones, in stones now found in deserts and on high mountain peaks. Birdless forests block the sun in uninhabited lands. Insects swirl in the air. And then, in a majestic, bloodthirsty, and mighty heave, the spinal columns of the vertebrates rise as monstrous lizards and fabulous creatures; dragons flinging their fearful bellows up to a steaming sky... Slowly they become birds, birds as light as undreamt dreams. The searing roars become birdsong, whimpering flutes on warm nights.

  Erik Fosnes Hansen

  Dream, Block, Night

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• In neidan, the Mysterious Pass represents the time and place in which an alchemist joins the complimentary antinomies on which he or she works, such as inner nature and vital force (xing and ming), Dragon and Tiger (longhu), lead and mercury, Fire and Water, heart and kidneys, or kăn 坎 (Yang within Yin) and lí 離 (Yin within Yang).

  Monica Esposito

  Heart, Fire, Water

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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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• There is no good talking to him," said a Dragon-fly, who was sitting on the top of a large brown bulrush; "no good at all, for he has gone away." "Well, that is his loss, not mine," answered the Rocket. "I am not going to stop talking to him merely because he pays no attention. I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself, and I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying." "Then you should definitely lecture on Philosophy," said the Dragon-fly.

  Oscar Wilde

  Clever, Philosophy, Loss

  Oscar Wilde, Isobel Murray (1998). “Complete Shorter Fiction”, p.134, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Love is an emerald. Its brilliant light wards off dragons On this treacherous path.

  Rumi

  True Love, Inspirational Love, Love Is

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• I don't know how to say it, but after last night I feel different. I seem to see ahead, in a kind of way. I know we are going to take a very long road, into darkness; but I know I can't turn back. It isn't right to see Elves now, nor dragons, nor mountains, that I want - I don't rightly know what I want: but I have something to do before the end, and it lies ahead, not in the Shire. I must see it through, sir, if you understand me.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Lying, Night, Long

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• I've decided to call him Norbert,' said Hagrid, looking at the dragon with misty eyes. 'He really knows me now, watch. Norbert! Norbert! Where's Mummy?' 'He's lost his marbles,' Ron muttered in Harry's ear. 'Hagrid,' said Harry loudly, 'give it a fortnight and Norbert's going to be as big as your house. Malfoy could go to Dumbledore at any moment. Hagrid bit his lip. 'I- I know I can't jus' dump him, I can't.' Harry suddenly turned to Ron. 'Charlie,' he said. 'You're losing it too,' said Ron. 'I'm Ron, remember?

  J. K. Rowling

  Eye, Giving, House

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• The real irony is that the view of infinity as some forbidden zone or road to insanity - which view was very old and powerful and haunted math for 2000+ years - is precisely what Cantor's own work overturned. Saying that infinity drove Cantor mad is sort of like mourning St. George's loss to the dragon: it's not only wrong but insulting.

  David Foster Wallace

  Powerful, Real, Math

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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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• HERE LIES BROM Who was A Rider bonded to the dragon Saphira Son of Holcomb and Nelda Beloved of Selena Father of Eragon Shadeslayer Founder of the Varden And Bane of the Forsworn. May his name live on in glory. Stydja unin mo'ranr

  Christopher Paolini

  Father, Lying, Son

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• How could such a large door be kept secret from everybody outside, apart from the dragon?" [Bilbo] asked. He was only a little hobbit you must remember.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Doors, Secret, Littles

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.14, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Patriotic?” Will looked smug. “I’ll tell you what’s patriotic,” he said. “In honor of my birthplace, I’ve the dragon of Wales tattooed on my—

  Cassandra Clare

  Patriotic, Honor, Tattooed

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Clockwork Prince”, p.85, Simon and Schuster

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