#dragons

I desired dragons with a profound desire. Of course, I in my timid body did not wish to have them in the neighborhood. But the world that contained even the imagination of Fáfnir was richer and more beautiful, at whatever the cost of peril. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#beauty

If the sky could dream, it would dream of dragons. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#sky #dreams

I would choose freedom over comfort every time. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#asoiaf #val #freedom

The dragonets found the carpenters to be even more fascinating than the furniture, and followed the poor men from pen to pen, crowding around to watch, tasting the wooden planks, trying to steal the tools. It made for an interesting day for everyone, as the boys tried to keep the dragonets away from the carpenters, and the dragonets tried to get at the carpenters, and the carpenters worked probably a great deal faster than they ever had in their lives, sure that the dragonets would go from tasting the wood to tasting them. ↗

— Mercedes Lackey

#men

As Daenerys Targaryen rose to her feet, her black hissed, pale smoke venting from its mouth and nostrils. The other two pulled away from her breasts and added their voices to the call, translucent wings unfolding and stirring the air, and for the first time in hundreds of years, the night came alive with the music of dragons. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#dragons #music

Never laugh at live dragons. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#wisdom #wisdom

Happiness is like those palaces in fairytales whose gates are guarded by dragons: We must fight in order to conquer it. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#dragons

But it is one thing to read about dragons and another to meet them. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#dragons

We rode on the winds of the rising storm, We ran to the sounds of the thunder. We danced among the lightning bolts, and tore the world asunder. ↗