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“It is always a mistake to underestimate the little people of the world, for it is often they who tip the balance.”
― Cressida Cowell, How to Fight a Dragon’s Fury

“Great things are only made out of love and out of pain. A great sword must be made out of the very best steel. But what truly makes the sword great, is what happens to the sword after it is made. We call this the 'testing’ of the sword. The sword is bashed and hammered and hollered into shape by the bright hammer. It is thrust into the fierce heat of the fire, where it softens, and then it is quickly quenched in water, where it hardens again. The higher the temperature, the fiercer the fire, the tougher and the greater the sword eventually becomes. The whole testing process can make a sword, or break it. The same could be said for the making of a Hero.”
― Cressida Cowell, How to Betray a Dragon's Hero

“If it doesn’t end well, then it isn’t the end.”
― Cressida Cowell, How to Fight a Dragon’s Fury

“You see, it was not only Hiccup who was growing up, it was the entire world around him — and when whole worlds grow up, that can be painful and difficult. Was it all worth the Archipelago in flames? I do not know, you decide.”
― Cressida Cowell, How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel