Dragonwings The Supernatural Quotes

There are some dragons that delight in harming other creatures, even their own kin. But the Dragon King himself is by and large a good creature who rules over all reptiles and the animals who live in the sea, and some say he is the head of all the other animals. The Dragon King is one creature you stay friends with, since he can cause earthquakes as well as floods and droughts. To have him personally tell you a story is quite an honor. (3.22)

Once, as a dragon, you could cut the small shapes of butterflies and birds out of paper and make them come to life. Now as a softskin you can only make the things called kites – that skill is only a remnant of your old powers. (3.41)

"I don't know. I never met [a dragon.]" [Robin] said that almost as a dare to me, but I did not back down.

"How you know? They can be tiny, tiny as flea. Maybe you hear voice speak to you from nowhere. That them as tiny, tiny as ant, only you no see. Or maybe take shape of men." (6.96)

"But you no believe in the Stove King."

"Of course not," she snapped. She squirmed in her seat. "But it might make you feel better."

I could see that she really wanted to make herself feel better. No sense taking chances with the supernatural, and so on. I could tell her train of thought because I sometimes carried the little cross she had given me in my pocket – just as insurance. I mean, maybe American demons could be scared off by American charms. (9.6)

Moon Shadow, you once asked me who or what caused the earthquake. I don't know. It could have been the gods, or dragons, or demons, or it could have simply been a natural event. It doesn't matter, supernatural or natural; it means the same. This life is too short to spend it pursuing little things. I have to do what I know I can and must do. (10.166)

And what can I say of the jeweled dragon palaces or of the undersea gardens? They had fountains, not of water but of air, among other wonders. I could go on for days and days about everything I saw in this palace, but the meanest rooms there, which were assigned to the scrubdragons, were worthy of human emperors. (3.19)

"I believe you were there, Father." I touched his arm shyly. "Something as beautiful as that has to be true."

Father smiled in our newfound understanding. "Then we must both be as true as dragons can be and must not try to put out the sun." (3.88-89)

First of all, I knew [Father] was an unusual man when I married him, but I had no idea he had once been the physician to the Dragon King himself. I do not care what the others say, I am bursting with pride right now. (11.26).

The fog had completely covered San Francisco now and was rolling over the bay toward Oakland. It was as if the world below us were slowly fading away like the dream it was, and only we existed now on a tiny island of reality here on this hilltop.
"Maybe this is the final test in this life," I suggested hopefully. (11.136-137).