Helpless, I clenched my fists against my back, well aware that every mile, every minute that ticked by, took me ever farther from getting to them in time and closer to losing the red dragon forever.

Ember was mine. The other half of me. And I would fight Talon, St George, and the entire d world to keep her safe.

I’m sorry, ” I whispered. “I never wanted this for you. This life…I knew it was going to kill me in the end. I wish you didn’t have to be here when it finally caught up.

At least I know the truth, ” I gritted back. “I’m not the one who’s being lied to.” His brow furrowed, and I spat the truth at him.

So that left me. To save my hatchlings and my underground, even if I couldn't be there anymore.

If the whole world I once could seeOn free soil stand, with the people freeThen to the moment might I say, Linger awhile. . .so fair thou art.

When you listen, it's amazing what you can learn. When you act on what you've learned, it's amazing what you can change.

If a violent person wishes to attack us, let us send him a gentle phrase as this will defuse his violence.

Thou calledst me a dog before thou hadst a cause, But since I am a dog, beware my fangs.

Don't buy much but make sure that what you buy is good.

We looked at each other until it felt like everything would burst into flames

I don't know if I thrive in normal life.

The highest duty of the man is not to his father, but to his wife; and for the sake of that woman he abandons all other earthly ties, should any of these happen to interfere with that relation.

The gap between our feelings and our social observation is dangerously wide.

There is a pride, a self-love, in human minds that will seldom be kept so low as to make men and women humbler than they ought to be.