Miss Percy's Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons Quotes

“It was once a commonly-held belief that dragons were nothing more than creatures pocketed into the realm of myth and fairytale. But man also once believed the Earth to be flat, and that we sat with prim and unswerving confidence at the center of the universe. Now it is merely man himself who believes himself to be seated at the center of everything.”
― Quenby Olson, Miss Percy's Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons

“how were others to know that beneath her cloak of adept composure there existed a panicked thing, alternately crying and screaming and longing for a nap and all while craving something glazed in sugar?”
― Quenby Olson, Miss Percy's Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons

“ever told her that sometimes the things that scared one the most were the things one had to leave behind them? “Mildred.”
― Quenby Olson, Miss Percy's Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons

“It is only in recent years that tales of dragons and mythological beasts have been relegated to the ranks of "mere" children's stories and fairy tales. But it is wise to remember that such stories shaped humankind's love of literature, of all manner of written work. The image of the roaming bard, gracing the ears of his listeners with an account of gods and goddesses, of Cerberus and the Minotaur, of narratives now considered as classics set aside for serious study in their original and ancient languages, is one we would do well to remember. Those tales are the foundation of us, of our very societies. And so perhaps we should not be so quick to dismiss something "fantastical" as being beneath notice, as it would be akin to dismissing a gleaming facet of human history from our time on this earth.”
― Quenby Olson, Miss Percy's Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons

“Mildred swallowed. (Nervous people tend to do a great deal of swallowing at key moments, so this is simply a brief note from the author reminding you, the reader, of this fact rather than leave you to exist under the misapprehension that I, the author, cannot think of another action to give my characters in order to show how difficult a time this is for them. I am quite sure they would rather swallow more than usual than give way to the ascending dread caused by having a bitey winged crocodile with chicken-legs nestled in a basket only a few feet away from them. Thank you.)”
― Quenby Olson, Miss Percy's Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons

“Stress did not suit her, no matter how many people throughout her life had referred to her ability to remain calm in a crisis as something to be complimented. But then, how were others to know that beneath her cloak of adept composure there existed a panicked thing, alternately crying and screaming and longing for a nap and all while craving something glazed in sugar?”
― Quenby Olson, Miss Percy's Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons

“To my cat, Dog (Nermal, Jerkface): You peed on our things. You brought us mice and let them loose in the house. We constantly had to trim your rear end hair so you wouldn’t get poop caught in it. And the hairballs, oh my gosh. But there would absolutely and 100% be no Fitz without you. I love you and I miss”
― Quenby Olson, Miss Percy's Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons