Top 300 Tui T. Sutherland Quotes (2026 Update)
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51. “Sunny, by all the moons, quit feeling sorry for dragons who want to abduct you and sell you off.”

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52. “You’d better be all right or I will tie you to a tree and cover you with hallucinogenic frogs. Tamarin, please wake up.”

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53. “His sister glittered with coils of gemstones, long twisted ropes of pearls and opals and sapphires circling her torso and ankles. Indigo’s only adornment was a necklace woven from dark purple seaweed, which Fathom had made for her last week. He liked it because the color matched her eyes. He liked her because.”

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54. “All right, I’ll wait another two thousand years to make jokes about my evilness.”

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55. “I volunteer,” Clay said. “I’m a world champion at sitting on my friends.”

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56. “You’re the one taking all the romance out of this,” he said. “It’s supposed to go, ‘that was so brave, how you stood up for your sister like that!’ ‘Oh, that, what, no, it’s what any dragon would do.’ ‘No, no – you’re special. I can tell.’ ‘Not as special as you. There’s a magic about you I’ve never found in any other dragon!’ ‘Why – why do I feel as though I’ve known you forever?’ ‘Because you have... and you will.’ Fireworks! True love and happiness for the rest of our lives!”

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57. “Maybe she needed more friends, so that some of them could be expendable.”

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58. “Dazzling, Grandeur, Exquisite,” Glory muttered, adding those to the list of things she’d memorized in the last day. “And the last one? Let me guess – Splendiferous? Astonishing? Too Beautiful for Dragon Eyes to Bear?” “That’s Fruit Bat,” said Kinkajou.”

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59. “Or because he couldn’t stand the idea of Moon and Qibli searching Pyrrhia, alone, together?”

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60. “You’re right,” Qibli said to her. “Underneath the brainwashing genocidal murderer is a very lonely brainwashing genocidal murderer.”

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61. “You know I don’t like giving speeches,” Glory said, “so I’ll just say this. We’re going to save our fellow RainWings, and we’re going to make this rainforest safe, and we’re going to do it like real RainWings. And by the three moons, try not to talk or sneeze or fall asleep in the tunnel on the way there, all right?”

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62. “Nope,” Clay said. “We’re free now. I’m only going to eat what I want to eat from now on.” As long as it’s slow enough for me to catch it, he thought ruefully.”

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63. “This white dragon had done something terrible that haunted him, and he might do worse someday.”

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64. “He felt an almost unbearable longing to press himself against her scales and fall asleep with her star-speckled wings over his.”

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65. “Winter glanced over at Cirrus again and found him glaring at Moon and Kinkajou with an expression of searing hatred, so intense that Winter wanted to run across the clearing and fling up his wings to shield Moon from it.”

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66. “I’m saying, nice to meet you, Moon. My name is Darkstalker.”

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67. “I’m awake,” Clay muttered. He buried his head under his talons. “I’m just waiting until Glory and Tsunami stop fighting. I was dreaming about sheep and buffalo and bears. They were all on the table in front of me and I had to decide which to eat first. Oh, and they all smelled like melons. That part was kind of weird.”

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68. “I’m interested in going back to my mother, Moon thought. Can I explore that?”

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69. “Every future that spirals out of every choice you and every other dragon make for the rest of your life? Can’t you hear yourself? It’s impossible, dearest. That way lies madness.”

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70. “What?” Kinkajou asked. “What? What? WHAT?”

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71. “Read this scroll, sweep this cave, catch that exact fish, kill that misbehaving prisoner.”

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72. “Not thinking sounded pretty appealing right now.”

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73. “It was a little unsettling how quiet the skies were. Clay.”

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74. “Summary: Winter has been a disappointment to his royal IceWing family, unlike his sister Icicle, who has been raised to challenge the IceWing queen – but now that Icicle has broken the truce and escaped from Jade Mountain Academy, Winter, accompanied by his new clawmates, Moon, Qibli, and Kinkajou, embarks on his own quest to free his brother from the clutches of Queen Scarlet, and win the respect of his family. ISBN.”

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75. “I’ve never met an IceWing,” Clay said, edging back a step. “I’ve never met much of anyone, really. I mean, I guess I read that you were all the color of ice, but I didn’t realize ice came in so many colors. Like, you know, blue. Very surprising. It’s cool, though. Oh, ha ha, no pun intended.”

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76. “Excellent,” said Queen Scarlet, flicking her tongue between her teeth. “A thrilling demonstration. Everything I was hoping for. As you say, Queen Burn, so much for that prophecy now, right? Peril, back to your place.” I hope you know how to control your new champion, Mother. Because she’s not just a threat to me. The crowd of dragons surged back, struggling to stay out of Peril’s path, as the dragonet walked slowly back to the little cage of rocks. This dragon could destroy the entire world.”

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77. “Darkstalker spread his wings and paused. He leaned over to Vulture, tapped his head, and whispered something. Qibli’s grandfather vanished again, as suddenly as he’d appeared.”

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78. “As long as they avoided that fight about Clearsight’s timeline scrolls, and that other fight about Darkstalker, and, oh dear, all the fights about Listener’s crushes on various –.”

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79. “It’s because you’re half NightWing.”

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80. “Coconut,” he whispered. “Um. Would you please go hit my grandfather?” The.”

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81. “But Scarlet was murderous and insane. Not exactly the role model I want to follow. She.”

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82. “Smile in front of the queen?” she said with a feigned gasp of disapproval. ‘Surely that’s not allowed!”

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83. “And what if they win?” Burn demanded. “They won’t,” Scarlet said. “But of course killing them ourselves is a solid backup plan.” “Excuse me,” Tsunami interrupted. “You know we’re right over here, right? Don’t you want to hatch your evil plans somewhere more secretive?”

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84. “The dragons who like you now are the ones most likely to betray you. Believe me. I know.”

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85. “Well, but that makes sense,” Tsunami said. “You practically are a cute furry thing.”

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86. “You can do and say everything exactly the same as everyone else, but if there’s one thing different about you, that’s all they care about.” “I assume so,” Peril said. “I’ve never actually tried acting like other dragons.” “Well, it doesn’t work,” he said. Something was glowing in his eyes, an old, old anger. “Trust me. You still end up banished from your own home.”

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87. “You also should avoid talking to your targets, in case you find out that they’re beautiful, sarcastic, and fascinating. For instance.”

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88. “I haven’t had any visions about this! This seems seriously vision-worthy! Powers, help me out!” She closed her eyes. “Oh, no! I see... darkness ahead!”

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89. “Queen Scarlet took the dragonets.” “Yes,” said Nautilus drily. “We gathered that much from how she’s practically been standing on the tallest mountain shouting, ‘I have the dragonets of destiny! They’re all mine!”

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90. “Queen Magnificent, I challenge you for the throne of the RainWings.”

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91. “Don’t leave out the key adjectives in there. Kill one low-ranked, disappointing brother in order to save the long-lost hero with a bright future. That makes the equation a bit easier.”

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92. “Which one do we want to be queen?” Sunny asked. “We get to pick, right? When we fulfill the prophecy?” “None of them,” Starflight said gloomily. “Blaze is about as smart as a concussed sheep, Blister is most likely plotting to become queen of all the tribes somehow, and if Burn wins, she’ll probably keep the war going just for fun.”

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93. “Thorn gripped her claws tighter. “Sunny. You’re my daughter.”

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94. “Moon let herself smile at the fact that fearless, awe-inspiring Tsunami had been the one to bolt, not her.”

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95. “So You Want to Be Famous.”

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96. “Mountain was being watched by too many.”

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97. “He was the idiot who fell over his claws in the first chapter, had to be rescued in the fourth, nearly ruined the whole plan in the ninth, and ran away at the end, or died, if he was really extra stupid. So.”

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98. “This papaya tastes boring. I guess I normally like papaya. But this one is sort of boring all the way through. Like eating water. Boring water. I wonder when it will be sun time. Maybe I should try a different papaya after this one. But what if the next papaya is boring, too?”

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99. “Ow!” he yelped, but he didn’t fight her off as she twined her tail with his and wrapped her wings around him.”

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100. “Turtle made a “would rather not handle this weather either myself” face and tried to shake some of the rain off his waterlogged wings.”

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