Dragon Mythology Quotes

He was no dragon, Dany thought, curiously calm. Fire cannot kill a dragon

People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within.

To Vik Lovell who told me dragons did not exist, then led me to their lairs.

You do not steal from the dragon, oh, no. The dragon remembers.

And for the first time in hundreds of years, the night came alive with the music of dragons.

A world without dragons is a world not worth living in.

...if you dance with dragons, you must expect to burn.

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.

I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes. Petals are bone marrow; pearls come from oysters. The dragon lives in the sky, ocean, marshes, and mountains; and the mountains are also its cranium. Its voice thunders and jingles like copper pans. It breathes fire and water; and sometimes the dragon is one, sometimes many.

The question is always the same with a dragon: will he talk with you or will he eat you?

I do not care what comes after; I have seen the dragons on the wind of morning.

I'm the sort of person who, once I put dragons into the real world, feels obliged to think about how their presence would have changed history.

St. Cyril of Jerusalem, in instructing catechumens, wrote: “The dragon sits by the side of the road, watching those who pass. Beware lest he devour you. We go to the Father of Souls, but it is necessary to pass by the dragon.” No matter what form the dragon may take, it is of this mysterious passage past him, or into his jaws, that stories of any depth will always be concerned to tell, and this being the case, it requires considerable courage at any time, in any country, not to turn away from the storyteller.

After I recovered from 'Lioness', I wanted to write something about animals because I really like mythical creatures, especially dragons. At 12, I was one of those semi-recluses who did better with animals than people. Out of that, came the character, Daine, who could communicate with animals.