Quotes by Dragons It doesn't matter if dragons are flying overhead or whatever - a lot of Victoriana is still cut in the frame of fantasy. Terry Pratchett dragonsflyingcutting I can no longer type, so I use TalkingPoint and Dragon Dictate. It's a speech-to-text program, and there's an add-on for talking which some guys came up with. Terry Pratchett dragonsguytalking You can't map a sense of humor. Anyway, what is a fantasy map but a space beyond which There Be Dragons? On the Discworld we know that There Be Dragons Everywhere. They might not all have scales and forked tongues, but they Be Here all right, grinning and jostling and trying to sell you souvenirs. Terry Pratchett dragonsspacetrying I am the dragon, and you call me insane. Thomas Harris call-medragonsinsane I've always been a gamer. I play a version of Dungeons & Dragons. Thomas Middleditch dungeonsdragonsplay The people of Ankh-Morpork had a straightforward, no-nonsense approach to entertainment, and while they were looking forward to seeing a dragon slain, they'd be happy to settle instead for seeing someone being baked alive in his own armour. You didn't get the chance every day to see someone baked alive in their own armour. It would be something for the children to remember. Terry Pratchett dragonschildrenpeople Either dragons should exist completely or fail to exist at all, he felt. A dragon only half-existing was worse than the extremes. Terry Pratchett failingdragonshalf You have the effrontery to be squeamish, it thought at him. But we were dragons. We were supposed to be cruel, cunning, heartless and terrible. But this much I can tell you, you ape – the great face pressed even closer, so that Wonse was staring into the pitiless depths of his eyes – we never burned and tortured and ripped one another apart and called it morality. Terry Pratchett heartlessdragonseye What is a fantasy map but a space beyond which There Be Dragons? Terry Pratchett mapsdragonsspace It's been a thrilling journey - I have had to really learn that an orchestra is an entity - it's a creature. I have been calling it the dragon and the conductor is the dragon tamer. And you just have to ... ride and don't let go and you will be fine. Tori Amos dragonsjourneyletting-go People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within. Ursula K. Le Guin denydragonspeople And though I came to forget or regret all I have ever done, yet would I remember that once I saw the dragons aloft on the wind at sunset above the western isles; and I would be content. Ursula K. Le Guin sunsetdragonsregret The question is always the same with a dragon: will he talk with you or will he eat you? Ursula K. Le Guin mythfantasydragons But it is one thing to read about dragons and another to meet them. Ursula K. Le Guin one-thingdragons I do not care what comes after; I have seen the dragons on the wind of morning. Ursula K. Le Guin dragonsmorningwind Dragons are more dangerous, and a good deal commoner, than bears. Fantasy is nearer to poetry, to mysticism, and to insanity than naturalistic fiction is. It is a real wilderness, and those who go there should not feel too safe. Ursula K. Le Guin dragonsrealinsanity The hunger of a dragon is slow to wake, but hard to sate. Ursula K. Le Guin hungerharddragons For fantasy is true, of course. It isn't factual, but it is true. Children know that. Adults know it too, and that is precisely why many of them are afraid of fantasy. They know that its truth challenges, even threatens, all that is false, all that is phony, unnecessary, and trivial in the life they have let themselves be forced into living. They are afraid of dragons, because they are afraid of freedom. Ursula K. Le Guin dragonschallengeschildren I want a big house with a moat and dragons and a fort to keep people out. Victoria Beckham dragonshousepeople There, close enough to spit on--if I'd been a barbarian and inclined to spit--was the dragon. Vivian Vande Velde barbariansdragonsenough«1112131415161718192021»
