The Dragon Librarian Quotes

“She did not need to touch surfaces to find dirt. She skimmed the air a half-inch or so above, and felt dirt. With her mind?”
― Marc Secchia, The Dragon Librarian

“Now, girl, do you remember yesterday’s lesson? How shall we trim the sails for a steady wind coming in off the starboard quarter, abaft?” Abaft? Auli-Ambar turned the delightfully anachronistic word over in her mind. These Dragonship Steersmen used the very best words, possessing a unique language of their own to describe navigation, flying, the tying of knots and the multitudinous parts and workings of their vessels. They sailed or made headway above the depthless Cloudlands, tacked against the wind, unpicked knots with marlinspikes, and their enemies were called pirates or corsairs. Who even knew what a marlin was?”
― Marc Secchia, The Dragon Librarian

“unlovable,”
― Marc Secchia, The Dragon Librarian

“I love bold questions, unanswerable conundrums, sweeping philosophical considerations and most especially, apprentices and scholars who do not simply accept my every caprice or directive without applying the lambent brain pathways!”
― Marc Secchia, The Dragon Librarian