Top 300 Tui T. Sutherland Quotes (2026 Update)
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51. “But – ” she said, her voice swallowed by the hot air in the hushed room. “But I burnded it.”

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52. “She started awake from a dream in which their cave had collapsed and was slowly crushing her to death, and discovered that Clay had rolled over on top of her in the middle of the night.”

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53. “IceWing!” he yelped, flailing over backward. Tsunami leaped to her feet, teeth bared. “Look out! It’s – oh.” Starflight took a deep breath as Glory’s scales shifted back to brown and gray. “Glory! Why would you do that to me?” “Because it’s hilarious,” she.”

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54. “The SkyWing was holding the severed head of Queen Glory of the RainWings.”

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55. “We are not leaving Deathbringer!” Glory grabbed Fatespeaker. “Point the way and I’ll go by myself. Starflight, get out of here. Get everyone off the island.” Deathbringer? Starflight opened and closed his mouth. He hadn’t realized that rescuing the NightWing assassin was even on Glory’s agenda, let alone that it was important enough to risk an erupting volcano for. But she’s right. He risked everything for us – for her.”

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

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57. “Peril couldn’t hold back her curiosity. She swooped closer as the SkyWing looked down at the thing in his talons, then turned, shuddering, to show it to Ruby and the others. Sunny began to scream as though her heart was being ripped out of her chest. Clay reached to catch her before she fell out of the sky. The SkyWing was holding the severed head of Queen Glory of the RainWings.”

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58. “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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59. “That might apply if these dragons were my friends,” Winter objected, “but they’re actually strangers who happened to get thrown into a group with me. They’re not even IceWings. Why should they care what happens to Hailstorm?” “They care what happens to you,” Glory said. “For some reason,” added Deathbringer. “Entertainment value,” offered Qibli.”

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60. “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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61. “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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62. “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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63. “It’s because you’re half NightWing.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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74. “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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75. “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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76. “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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77. “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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78. “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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79. “Thorn gripped her claws tighter. “Sunny. You’re my daughter.”

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

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81. “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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82. “Mountain was being watched by too many.”

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

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

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86. “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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87. “So You Want to Be Famous.”

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

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89. “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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90. “Ah. That’s infinitely better,” he said. “Nice to finally meet you, Peril. Thank you so much for your help.”

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

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92. “Moon took up so much of his headspace. He caught himself watching her the way he used to watch Cobra, hoping for a glance that would hint she might love him back. He wanted to bring her new scrolls that would make her face light up. He wanted to make her soup when her visions gave her headaches and sing her silly songs to help her stop worrying. He wanted to fly beside her while she saved the world.”

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

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

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

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96. “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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97. “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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98. “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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99. “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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100. “I don’t have an evil plan!” said Peril, panicking. “All my evil is spur of the moment! Turtle, tell them how bad I am at planning.”

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