Talons of Power Quotes

“You can be the idea dragon and I can be the WHAM BAM SHOVE A PINEAPPLE UP HIS SNOUT dragon!”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Talons of Power

“Make bananas,” Qibli filled in. “Absolutely terrifying. Run for your life.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Talons of Power

“Maybe losing your soul isn’t the right way to describe it,” Turtle said. “Maybe it’s more like … the more you use your power for bad things, the more you feel like you’re entitled to use your power for anything. It makes it harder to go back — only forward into more bad things.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Talons of Power

“You want my venom? I'l give you ven- oh, hi Turtle,”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Talons of Power

“I haven’t had any visions about this! This seems seriously vision-worthy! Powers, help me out!” She closed her eyes. “Oh, no! I see ... darkness ahead!”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Talons of Power

“He winked, and Clay managed to look embarrassed, alarmed, and confused all at the same time.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Talons of Power

“I can be the WHAM BAM SHOVE A PINEAPPLE UP HIS SNOUT dragon!”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Talons of Power

“Qibli was expecting Turtle to do something, and Turtle had a bad feeling that “something” wasn’t “Turtle flying all the way back to the Kingdom of the Sea, finding a deep trench, and staying there forever.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Talons of Power

“Oh, good,” said Tsunami. “School-wide panic. We haven’t had any of that in at least two days.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Talons of Power

“He was the idiot who fell over his claws in the first chapter, had to be rescued in the fourth, nearly ruined the whole plan in the ninth, and ran away at the end, or died, if he was really extra stupid. So”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Talons of Power

“Turtle and Kinkajou, flying in the sky, Getting all K-I-S-S-Y —”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Talons of Power

“I wouldn’t leave you, even for a superpower,” Deathbringer said loyally. “I think that is your superpower,” Glory said to him. “Extreme heroic idiocy.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Talons of Power

“Bring me back a banaaaaaaana!” Mindreader called after him as Mightyclaws darted away.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Talons of Power

“Don’t we lose something when everything is done for us?”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Talons of Power

“I can be a little worried about superstrength,” Winter growled. “And whatever that other one can do.” “Make bananas,” Qibli filled in. “Absolutely terrifying. Run for your life.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Talons of Power

“It doesn’t work to throw tribes together and just hope they’ll get along, because they won’t — they can’t. Dragons don’t work that way, no matter what tribe they’re from.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Talons of Power

“it drifted off in his sleep one night, and he often wondered if there was a startled sea horse tangled up in it somewhere out there, speeding along the ocean floor.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Talons of Power

“OW! MOONFIRE AND STAR VOMIT!”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Talons of Power

“Then I think I turn your nose into a sausage and escape back into the sea.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Talons of Power

“So what is Darkstalker up to?” Qibli said thoughtfully. “What does he want? “Seems obvious to those of us whose brains work,” Winter snapped at him.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Talons of Power

“than Anemone’s sparkle extravaganza.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Talons of Power

“I can make a stab at comforting!” Tsunami joked. “Let me try … um … hey, it’s only two dragons, right? Ah, they won’t be able to do anything. Deathbringer will totally stop them if they go anywhere near her. I mean, that is his entire purpose in life, as far as I can tell. And if they kill him, Glory will take them down with her magical death spit. So don’t worry, pat pat pat.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Talons of Power

“about superstrength,” Winter growled. “And whatever that other one can do.” “Make bananas,” Qibli filled in. “Absolutely terrifying. Run for your life.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Talons of Power

“This is the part where I die pointlessly. The one who gets sacrificed so the real heroes can get on with saving the day.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Talons of Power

“He was the idiot who fell over his claws in the first chapter, had to be rescued in the fourth, nearly ruined the whole plan in the ninth, and ran away at the end, or died, if he was really extra stupid.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Talons of Power

“kidding,” Qibli said quickly. “Forget I said that. Um, Turtle”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Talons of Power

“Nnnnnnnnnnooooooooo,” Kinkajou mumbled from under her wings. “Time to go, Kinkajou,” he said. “Go awaaaaaaay, Bromeliad,” Kinkajou grumped in her sleep. “You smell like FISH and I don’t WANNA train today.” Turtle felt a stab of affection for her — for this grouchy, sleepy side of her he hadn’t seen before. She was so real and so kind and so present. She was the opposite of a terrifying vision of his future. “It’s me, Turtle,” he said, brushing one of his wings over hers. “Come on, Kinkajou, wake up.” “Turtle,” Kinkajou sighed dreamily, and clouds of light pink started drifting through her scales. Turtle pulled his wing back, feeling sick. So Anemone’s spell really was working. He knew this wasn’t how Kinkajou actually felt about him. She’d be so furious and embarrassed when she found out it was all magic. But I can’t tell her. What if it makes her so angry she takes off the skyfire? And then Darkstalker notices her and terrible things happen? Is this why I attack Anemone on some future beach? Because I’m angry with her about the spell on Kinkajou? “We have to go,” he said gruffly and whacked her with his tail. “Who’s that?” she yelped, leaping to her feet and turning red with stripes of pale green. “You want my venom, I’ll show you ven — oh, hi, Turtle.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Talons of Power

“no! I see … darkness ahead!” “That’s because you have your eyes closed, you ninny,” Darkstalker said pleasantly.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Talons of Power

“Turtle had a flash of déjà vu and touched his claws to his head. Where had he heard that before? From one of the teachers at Jade Mountain?”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Talons of Power

“True,” she said. “True true.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Talons of Power