Dragon's Green Quotes

“It's amazing how many grandparents some children go through. At my last school one wretched child had SEVENTEEN. Another one died every time there was homework due. Think about it, class. SEVENTEEN.”
― Scarlett Thomas, Dragon's Green

“I promised your father I wouldn't teach you any magic. Particularly after what happened with your mother. And I also promised some other people that I would not do any magic for five years... and indeed I have not done any magic for five years. Although...' He looked at his watch. 'The five years is due to run out next Tuesday. Things should get more interesting then.”
― Scarlett Thomas, Dragon's Green

“You are to imagine a Realworld room with three light bulbs in it. Outside the room are three electric switches. You may only enter the room once, and you may only have one switch on when you enter the room. How can you work out which switch operates which light?”
― Scarlett Thomas, Dragon's Green

“Raven gently put one spider on her right shoulder, and another on her left shoulder. The smallest one asked if he could make a temporary next in her hair. To help him out, Raven swept up her thick, black curls into a loose bun and the spider crawled inside. When the other two spiders saw what he was doing they decided to join him, and so Raven ended up with three tarantulas in a nest inside her hair. For many girls this would not exactly be a dream come true. But Raven was not like most other girls. She felt honoured that the spiders wanted to live in her hair.”
― Scarlett Thomas, Dragon's Green

“There were also other, less significant spells working on Maximilian. Somewhere in the West a farmer had prayed for rain and so Maximilian, along with everyone else in the city, was breathing approximately 0.0000007 times faster than usual to create the moisture so requested. Such is the way of the world.”
― Scarlett Thomas, Dragon's Green

“learning to light a candle using just M-currency was about twice as hard as learning to ride a bike for the first time. Not impossible, but tricky. Once you had the ability, you had it forever, like a two-handed backhand or joined-up writing. But developing the knack required practice.”
― Scarlett Thomas, Dragon's Green

“One is a world of cold fact and reality; the other is a world of magic and adventure.”
― Scarlett Thomas, Dragon's Green

“Can it be that you don’t want to go strolling with your friend in the daytime under cherry trees just coming into bloom, and in the evening listen to Schubert’s music? Can it be that you won’t like writing with a goose”
― Scarlett Thomas, Dragon's Green