“For a Hero cannot triumph all the time. Sometimes he will be defeated, and how he faces that defeat is a test of his character.”
― How to Steal a Dragon's Sword
― How to Steal a Dragon's Sword
“There may yet come a time when Heroes are needed once more.
There may yet come a time when the dragons will come back.”
― How to Train Your Dragon
There may yet come a time when the dragons will come back.”
― How to Train Your Dragon
“He is half of my soul, as the poets say.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“I would know him in death, at the end of the world.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“Please do not blame the story.
The story cannot help itself. We do not realize it at the time, but sometimes the story we are all a part of is not just a story about Vikings and islands and dragons.
It is a story about growing up.
And one of the things about growing up, one of the inescapable, inevitable laws, is that one day...
One day... one day...
It is going to happen.
I am sorry, but it's true.”
― How to Steal a Dragon's Sword
The story cannot help itself. We do not realize it at the time, but sometimes the story we are all a part of is not just a story about Vikings and islands and dragons.
It is a story about growing up.
And one of the things about growing up, one of the inescapable, inevitable laws, is that one day...
One day... one day...
It is going to happen.
I am sorry, but it's true.”
― How to Steal a Dragon's Sword
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