Dragon Quotes

Notice I did not say “kill” the dragon. To kill the dragon implies stumbling through our challenges using any available force. This week of vigils presents a chance to consider both how we negotiate the process, as…

Dragonflight is Volume 1 of The Dragonriders of Pern trilogy. Dragonflight later became the first of a whole series of Dragonrider Pern books.

I remember reading Anne McCaffrey as a kid, and I thought she’d written a lot of dragon books then. A glance at the book list on her site shows that…

Well, you may get off on being a beautiful stereotype, regardless of the social consequences, but my conscience won’t allow it. And I goddam refuse to be dragon bait. I’m as capable of rescuing you as you are of rescuing me…

I loved her most, and thought to set my rest
On her kind nursery. Hence, and avoid my sight!
So be my grave my peace, as here I give
Her father’s heart from her! Call France; who stirs?
Call Burgundy. Cornwall and Albany…

Dragons may not have much real use for all their wealth, but they know it to an ounce as a rule, especially after long possession; and Smaug was no exception. He had passed from an uneasy dream (in which…