Dragon Slayer of Trondheim Quotes

“Let me get this straight...You are sending me out in a minivan whose date of manufacture predates the year of my birth, so that I can watch two dragon slayers track down enormous fire-breathing animals, in an effort to prevent me from spending time in the library?”
― E.K. Johnston, Dragon Slayer of Trondheim

“There was, apparently, no honor in driver's ed.”
― E.K. Johnston, Dragon Slayer of Trondheim

“The sword fighting turned out to be quite a bit of fun, once the agony of muscle development produced actual muscles.”
― E.K. Johnston, Dragon Slayer of Trondheim

“A dragon eating a bear?” Emily said. “Why are there no Internet videos of that?”
― E.K. Johnston, The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim

“Let me get this straight,” I said, having swallowed. “You are sending me out in a minivan whose date of manufacture predates the year of my birth, so that I can watch two dragon slayers track down enormous fire-breathing animals, in an effort to prevent me from spending time in the library?” “There’s no supervision in the library,” Dad said.”
― E.K. Johnston, The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim

“What are you doing tonight?" he asked, as soon as I was sitting down.

"Nothing," I said. I had what most people would call a boring social life, a classical holdout in a punk rock world.”
― E.K. Johnston, Dragon Slayer of Trondheim

“There were tightly wound strings shivering in the air as the overture began in full.”
― E.K. Johnston, The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim

“Most postmodernists blame the decline of the draconobardic tradition on the sudden and soaring popularity of the Beatles.”
― E.K. Johnston, The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim

“Supportive parents, I tell you. I never thought they would get me killed before I graduated from high school.”
― E.K. Johnston, Dragon Slayer of Trondheim