How to Twist a Dragon's Tale Quotes

“And now that its ruby eyes are set into the gold, you cannot see their tear-shape, so they seem to be laughing rather than crying. It is a constant reminder to me of the human ability to create something beautiful even when things are at the darkest.”
― Cressida Cowell, How to Twist a Dragon's Tale

“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.”
― Cressida Cowell, How to Twist a Dragon's Tale

“Human hearts are not made out of stone.
Thank Thor.
They can break, and heal, and beat again.”
― Cressida Cowell, How to Twist a Dragon's Tale

“If you're going to start a new life, you might as well start it NOW.”
― Cressida Cowell, How to Twist a Dragon's Tale

“You see how good and evil are twisted together?
Like a golden dragon bracelet snaking brightly about a person's arm.”
― Cressida Cowell, How to Twist a Dragon's Tale

“The dragon bracelet that Humongous created, out of misplaced love and gratitude, in the hellish nightmare of the Lava-Lout Jail-Forges is exquisitely made, for he was a far better goldsmith than he was a singer.
It curls around my arm, its shining wings folded back, as if about to unfurl and take off, and now that its ruby eyes are set into the gold, you cannot see their tear shape, so they seem to be laughing rather than crying.
It is a constant reminder to me of the human ability to create something beautiful even when things are at their darkest.”
― Cressida Cowell, How to Twist a Dragon's Tale

“Isn't Fate artistic?”
― Cressida Cowell, How to Twist a Dragon's Tale

“Is the universe a Good Egg or a Bad Egg?”
― Cressida Cowell, How to Twist a Dragon's Tale

“Hiccup had made leaps such as these all his life. Leaps of faith, leaps of hope, leaps out into the unknown. Hiccup had always trusted in his luck, in his faith that the universe was ultimately kindly, a Good Egg, as Stoick would put it, rather than a Bad Egg, and would reach out and save him.
But this was more of a leap of despair.”
― Cressida Cowell, How to Twist a Dragon's Tale

“If you’re going to start a new life, you might as well start it NOW.”
― Cressida Cowell, How to Twist a Dragon's Tale

“Sometimes we can be helpful in ways that are not totally obvious”
― Cressida Cowell, How to Twist a Dragon's Tale

“Slowly, Gobber stood up. Carefully, he removed his helmet from his head, and placed it very gently on the chest of the dead Goliath.”
― Cressida Cowell, How to Twist a Dragon's Tale

“Människohjärtan är inte gjorda av sten (s. 251).”
― Cressida Cowell, How to Twist a Dragon's Tale

“Hicke hade tagit liknande språng i hela sitt liv, språng undan faror, språng ut i det okända, språng utan skyddsnät. Hicke hade alltid litat på turen och på förvissningen om att världen i grund och botten var vänligt inställd till honom (s. 224, 226).”
― Cressida Cowell, How to Twist a Dragon's Tale

“Deadlydog Dullard getting into a fist fight with Megalugs Mountain because Megalugs had laughed at his rather bright yellow leggings. And there was Camicazi, Big-Boobied Bertha ’ s tiny, tangle-haired daughter, gently pouring Itchyworms into the back of Grabbit’ s trousers without him even noticing, in secret retaliation for the reindeer-rustling incident mentioned earlier. All around and above were the Vikings ’ dragons, snapping at each other, shrieking, tripping people up by running through their legs, and having to be pulled apart by their owners as they got into dragon-fights. And right in the front row of this arguing, shouting, muscle-bound mess, sat Stoick the Vast, his chest puffed up with importance, swelling with pride and dignity. Before him was a small plinth, and sitting on the plinth was the Fire-Stone. And HE, Stoick the Vast, had stolen this Stone with his own fat hands, which made HIM the Big Man at this event. ‘The Thing ’ couldn’t take place without the Stone. You had to be holding the Stone”
― Cressida Cowell, How to Twist a Dragon's Tale