Winter Turning Quotes

“What is with you and faces?” Qibli said. “You should try threatening someone’s elbows or ankles once in a while, just for a change of pace.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Winter Turning

“Terribly undignified,” Qibli said in a haughty voice, tipping his snout at the racing dragons. “We would never allow such higgledy-piggledy shenanigans in the Ice Kingdom.” “Was that supposed to be me?” Winter asked him. “Terribly unimpressive, if so. I haven’t once said ‘higgledy-piggledy’ in my entire life. We would never allow such linguistic imprecision in the Ice Kingdom.” Qibli barked a delighted laugh and did a loop in the air.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Winter Turning

“The NightWings are going to set their heads on fire,” Qibli agreed. “No, wait. They’re going to set the closest IceWing’s head on fire. Winter, I hope your skull is as thick as it looks.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Winter Turning

“Winter disliked it intensely when Qibli made clever observations like that, and it happened about forty times a day.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Winter Turning

“Winter glanced over at Moon, for the nine thousandth time that day,”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Winter Turning

“I’m Qibli, and that’s Moon and Kinkajou. Guys, this is Riptide and Serious.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Winter Turning

“That might apply if these dragons were my friends,” Winter objected, “but they’re actually strangers who happened to get thrown into a group with me. They’re not even IceWings. Why should they care what happens to Hailstorm?” “They care what happens to you,” Glory said. “For some reason,” added Deathbringer. “Entertainment value,” offered Qibli.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Winter Turning

“Be strong, be vigilant, strike first. And trust nobody.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Winter Turning

“The whole point of a top secret invisible guard,” Deathbringer said severely, “is for them to be invisible and secret. Therefore it is extremely unhelpful for certain queens to go pointing them out and discussing them loudly with the entire rainforest.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Winter Turning

“Rule #1: Protect Your Scavenger.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Winter Turning

“Would you really eat a hairy spider anyway?”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Winter Turning

“He felt an almost unbearable longing to press himself against her scales and fall asleep with her star-speckled wings over his.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Winter Turning

“All right, shutting up now,”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Winter Turning

“Winter glanced over at Cirrus again and found him glaring at Moon and Kinkajou with an expression of searing hatred, so intense that Winter wanted to run across the clearing and fling up his wings to shield Moon from it.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Winter Turning

“I am not in love with a dragon I am sworn to hate.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Winter Turning

“Winter was not surprised to discover that the rainforest was horrifying and awful.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Winter Turning

“But he found himself picturing Qibli standing here, under this tree with Moon,”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Winter Turning

“Don’t leave out the key adjectives in there. Kill one low-ranked, disappointing brother in order to save the long-lost hero with a bright future. That makes the equation a bit easier.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Winter Turning

“This is ssssssssssssssssssoooooooo interesting, isn’t it?”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Winter Turning

“The corpse of a NightWing guard lay beneath the dirt in a hastily dug hollow,”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Winter Turning

“Because happiness is not where I am . . . it's who I'm with.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Winter Turning

“We can’t be anything. We can never, never be what I dream of us being.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Winter Turning

“It doesn’t mean anything, this twisting feeling in my chest.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Winter Turning

“Winter, I believe that you’re one of the best, bravest, truest dragons in Pyrrhia. I’ll never be your enemy, no matter what you say. But go ahead and leave, if that’s what you want.” It”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Winter Turning

“Or because he couldn’t stand the idea of Moon and Qibli searching Pyrrhia, alone, together?”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Winter Turning

“Mountain was being watched by too many”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Winter Turning

“What did I say about staying put?”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Winter Turning

“fire-breathing”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Winter Turning

“Arrogant,”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Winter Turning

“These RainWings need someone to whip them into shape,”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Winter Turning