Cressida Cowell

“And now that its ruby eyes are set into the gold, you cannot see their tear-shape, so they seem to be laughing rather than crying. It is a constant reminder to me of the human ability to create something beautiful even when things are at the darkest.”

“Sometimes it is only a True Friend who knows what we mean when we try to speak. Somebody who has spent a lot of time with us, and listens carefully to what we are trying to say, and tries to understand.”

“The past haunts the present in more ways than we think. It certainly scares the living daylights out of ME"~ Old Wrinkly”

“For a Hero cannot triumph all the time. Sometimes he will be defeated, and how he faces that defeat is a test of his character.”

“I NAME THIS LAND TOMORROW, FOR IT SHALL LAST FOREVERMORE!”

“I wanted to be a King who would found a New World, not in some misty country far across the seas, but right here, right now, at home.”