Quotes by Dragons If a man wishes to become a hero, then the serpent must first become a dragon: otherwise he lacks his proper enemy. Friedrich Nietzsche dragons hero men A bag of dragons buys a man's silence for a while, but a well-placed quarrel buys it forever. George R. R. Martin dragons silence men Tyrion Lannister could not have been more astonished if Aegon the Conqueror himself had burst into the room, riding on a dragon and juggling lemon pies. George R. R. Martin riding pie dragons You are the blood of the dragon. You can make a hat. George R. R. Martin hats dragons blood The objection to fairy stories is that they tell children there are dragons. But children have always known there are dragons. Fairy stories tell children that dragons can be killed. Gilbert K. Chesterton fairy-stories dragons children Fairy tales are more than true. Gilbert K. Chesterton fairy-stories fairy-tale dragons The real thing about evil," said the Witch at the doorway, "isn't any of what you said. You figure out one side of it - the human side, say - and the eternal side goes into shadow. Or vice versa. It's like the old saw: What does a dragon in its shell look like? Well no one can ever tell, for as soon as you break the shell to see, the dragon is no longer in its shell. The real disaster of this inquiry is that it is the nature of evil to be secret. Gregory Maguire dragons real evil Some writers later, describing the events of that night and day, wrote that Wan'yen of the Altai had seen a spirit-dragon of the river and become afraid. Writers do that sort of thing. They like dragons in their tales. Guy Gavriel Kay dragons rivers night And now it stands proven that Satan, or the Red Fiery Dragon, the 'Lord of Phosphorus,' and Lucifer, or 'Light-Bearer,' is in us: it is our Mind H. P. Blavatsky dragons light mind I have little doubt that when St. George had killed the dragon he was heartily afraid of the princess. Gilbert K. Chesterton princess dragons love A man cannot deserve adventures; he cannot earn dragons and hippogriffs. Gilbert K. Chesterton dragons adventure men On the waves of the brook she dances by, The light, the lovely dragon-fly; She dances here, she dances there, The shimmering, glimmering flutterer fair. And many a foolish young beetle's impressed By the blue gauze gown in which she is dressed; They admire the enamel that decks her bright, And her elegant waist so slim and slight. Heinrich Heine dragons light blue When the prison doors are opened, the real dragon will fly out. Ho Chi Minh dragons real doors Here the spirit becomes a lion who would conquer his freedom and be master… Who is the great dragon whom the spirit will no longer call lord and go? ‘Thou shalt’ is the name of the great dragon. But the spirit of the lion says, ‘I will. Friedrich Nietzsche lions dragons names There's always been a little bit of the crusader in me, and you need dragons to slay, without the conflict and the controversy I think that what I managed to do less, and I take a great deal of pride in the accomplishment. Hugh Hefner dragons pride thinking Such is always the pursuit of knowledge. The celestial fruits, the golden apples of the Hesperides, are ever guarded by a hundred-headed dragon which never sleeps, so that it is an Herculean labor to pluck them. Henry David Thoreau dragons sleep knowledge I want to be one of the artists in the cathedral on the great plain. I want to make a dragon's head, an angel, a devil - or perhaps a saint - out of stone. Ingmar Bergman dragons angel artist It simply isn't an adventure worth telling if there aren't any dragons. J. R. R. Tolkien dragons ifs adventure No dragon can resist the fascination of riddling talk and of wasting time trying to understand it. J. R. R. Tolkien fascination dragons trying It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him. J. R. R. Tolkien planning-ahead dragons doe «345678910111213»
