Emily

“You do have to listen to the stories, for stories always mean something. The question that worries me is: WHAT exactly do they mean?”
― Cressida Cowell, The Wizards of Once

“And suddenly there came a breeze from the east, tossing the top of the wave into foamy shapes and ruffling the smooth water all round them. It lasted only a second or so but what it brought them in that second none of those three children will ever forget. It brought both a smell and a sound, a musical sound. Edmund and Eustace would never talk about it afterwareds. Lucy could only say, "It would break your heart." "Why," said I, "was it so sad?" "Sad!! No," said Lucy.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

“Who is to say that your friend's life is worth more than a Dragon's?' said One Eye, who was taking up most of the deck.
'It's worth more to me,' said Hiccup. 'Because I didn't know the Doomfang personally.”
― Cressida Cowell, How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse

“Being frightened is not the same as being a coward. Maybe he was as brave as anyone else there, because he went to catch a dragon despite knowing what dragons are like.”
― Cressida Cowell, How to Train Your Dragon