“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 Copy Share Image
Most of us are lucky not to be Kings and Heroes, because we do not have to make the choices that Kings and Heroes… — Cressida Cowell Copy Share
“WARNING Any Relationship to any historical fact WHATSOEVER is entirely coincidental. You have been WARNED” — Cressida Cowell Copy Share
“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… — Cressida Cowell Copy Share
For a Hero cannot triumph all the time. Sometimes he will be defeated, and how he faces that defeat is a test of his… — Cressida Cowell Copy Share
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… — Cressida Cowell Copy Share
“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… — Cressida Cowell Copy Share
“And this was the surprising thing about life on Berk. It was a bit like the sea itself. One minute it was all storms,… — Cressida Cowell Copy Share
“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… — Cressida Cowell Copy Share
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… — Cressida Cowell Copy Share
I was not a natural. . . . This is the story of becoming . . . the Hard Way. — Cressida Cowell Copy Share
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… — Cressida Cowell Copy Share
Sometimes a King has to do terrible things in order to protect those he has sworn to look after. When the stakes are so… — Cressida Cowell Copy Share
“Norbert the Nutjob may have been a maniac, but lunacy and genius are very close together, and it had to be admitted, he was… — Cressida Cowell Copy Share
