Crucible of Gold Quotes

“. . . and it came out that this King Arthur and his knights had done nothing of real note but to kill innocent dragons all around Britain: almost certainly a pack of lies, as Forthing admitted they had not possessed even any guns at the time, and unpleasant lies at that.”
― Naomi Novik, Crucible of Gold

“They are ours,” he said, “although not properly the sailors: they are only along because we would not leave them to drown, and ought to be more grateful for it than they are. Laurence,” he said, turning, “this is Palta, and that man is called Taruca: Iskierka snatched him, and I cannot find she asked him in the least.”
― Naomi Novik, Crucible of Gold

“Oh, Hammond-intolerable, but he will see the job through.”
― Naomi Novik, Crucible of Gold

“keep your eyes on him, you wretched vainglorious creature,”
― Naomi Novik, Crucible of Gold

“So I am afraid she cannot be very clever,” Temeraire said to Laurence in an undertone, later that day, when they had come out into open ocean and Laurence had come up to the dragondeck again.”
― Naomi Novik, Crucible of Gold

“more of this unreasonable favoritism towards fire-breathers.”
― Naomi Novik, Crucible of Gold