--- title: "2 Berk Quotes By Cressida Cowell" description: "2 Berk quotes by Cressida Cowell. Plus more from Cressida Cowell and more Berk sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be1/cressida-cowell-7158_life_and-this-was-the-surprising-thing-about_178475.jpg" --- > [“And this was the surprising thing about life on Berk. It was a bit like the sea itself. One minute it was all storms, and shipwrecks, and desperate escapes from deadly dragons, the next is was calm, and peacefully restful,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cressida-cowell/and-this-was-the-surprising-thing-about-life-on-berk-it-was-a-bit/) [Cressida Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cressida-cowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be1/cressida-cowell-7158_life_and-this-was-the-surprising-thing-about_178475.jpg) > [“The Hooligans had never intended to settle on Berk in the first place. Berk was not the most comfortable, the most luxurious, the most civilised place to live in the world. It was a funny, boggy, shaggy little heap of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cressida-cowell/the-hooligans-had-never-intended-to-settle-on-berk-in-the-first-place/) [Cressida Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cressida-cowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/394/cressida-cowell-7158_first-place_the-hooligans-had-never-intended-to-sett_3013580.jpg) ## More by Cressida Cowell > [Most of us are lucky not to be Kings and Heroes, because we do not have to make the choices that Kings and Heroes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cressida-cowell/most-of-us-are-lucky-not-to-be-kings-and-heroes-because-we-do-not/) [Cressida Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cressida-cowell/) > [“WARNING Any Relationship to any historical fact WHATSOEVER is entirely coincidental. You have been WARNED”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cressida-cowell/warning-any-relationship-to-any-historical-fact-whatsoever-is/) [Cressida Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cressida-cowell/) > [“Come on, Fishlegs,” whispered Camicazi, whistling happily. “You know we have to do this. Besides, I feel like a bit of exercise. We’ve been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cressida-cowell/come-on-fishlegs-whispered-camicazi-whistling-happily-you-know-we/) [Cressida Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cressida-cowell/) > [For a Hero cannot triumph all the time. Sometimes he will be defeated, and how he faces that defeat is a test of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cressida-cowell/for-a-hero-cannot-triumph-all-the-time-sometimes-he-will-be-defeated/) [Cressida Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cressida-cowell/) > [The thing about grown ups is that they're always wanting you to be this Great Hero and Leader. What's wrong with being NORMAL, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cressida-cowell/the-thing-about-grown-ups-is-that-they-re-always-wanting-you-to-be/) [Cressida Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cressida-cowell/) > [“The thing is, we are all, in a sense, supper. Walking, talking, breathing suppers, that's what we are. Take you, for instance. YOU are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cressida-cowell/the-thing-is-we-are-all-in-a-sense-supper-walking-talking-breathing/) [Cressida Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cressida-cowell/) > [“And this was the surprising thing about life on Berk. It was a bit like the sea itself. One minute it was all storms,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cressida-cowell/and-this-was-the-surprising-thing-about-life-on-berk-it-was-a-bit/) [Cressida Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cressida-cowell/) > [“The dragon bracelet that Humongous created, out of misplaced love and gratitude, in the hellish nightmare of the Lava-Lout Jail-Forges is exquisitely made, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cressida-cowell/the-dragon-bracelet-that-humongous-created-out-of-misplaced-love-and/) [Cressida Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cressida-cowell/) > [The Hero cares not for a wild winter's storm. For it carries him swift on the back of the storm. All may be lost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cressida-cowell/the-hero-cares-not-for-a-wild-winter-s-storm-for-it-carries-him-swift/) [Cressida Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cressida-cowell/) > [“However bad things seem to be, they can always get worse!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cressida-cowell/however-bad-things-seem-to-be-they-can-always-get-worse/) [Cressida Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cressida-cowell/) > [I was not a natural. . . . This is the story of becoming . . . the Hard Way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cressida-cowell/i-was-not-a-natural-this-is-the-story-of-becoming-the-hard-way/) [Cressida Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cressida-cowell/) > [GO FOR HIS EYES! OR BITE HIM ON THE NOSE! DRAGON NOSES ARE VERY SENSITIVE!" Oh, very helpful, Camicazi, very helpful...thought Hiccup. What if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cressida-cowell/go-for-his-eyes-or-bite-him-on-the-nose-dragon-noses-are-very/) [Cressida Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cressida-cowell/) > [Sometimes a King has to do terrible things in order to protect those he has sworn to look after. When the stakes are so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cressida-cowell/sometimes-a-king-has-to-do-terrible-things-in-order-to-protect-those/) [Cressida Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cressida-cowell/) > [“Norbert the Nutjob may have been a maniac, but lunacy and genius are very close together, and it had to be admitted, he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cressida-cowell/norbert-the-nutjob-may-have-been-a-maniac-but-lunacy-and-genius-are/) [Cressida Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cressida-cowell/) > [“the witch softly, ‘for the dragons’ days are numbered”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cressida-cowell/the-witch-softly-for-the-dragons-days-are-numbered/) [Cressida Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cressida-cowell/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/berk/cressida-cowell/#itemlist", "name": "2 Berk Quotes By Cressida Cowell", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And this was the surprising thing about life on Berk. 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