Top 300 Tui T. Sutherland Quotes (2026 Update)
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101. “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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102. “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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103. “Holy mother of lava, Deathbringer thought. I’m supposed to kill THAT? Commander.”

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104. “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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105. “A gust of wind lifted a spray of sand and danced it across the dunes.”

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106. “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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107. “Hailstorm is alive?” Winter cried.”

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108. “A little farther down was the portrait of her that Darkstalker had painted, with what looked like a spiderweb of fireworks behind her. Only the two of them knew that was supposed to represent the intersecting timelines of the future. Unfortunately his skill at painting was nowhere close to Whiteout’s, and Clearsight looked a bit more like a horse with a hippo butt than she would have liked. She had politely refrained from telling him that. Listener.”

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109. “Blue IceWing blood everywhere.”

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110. “Is this what I become without him? I go right back to being a monster? She held out her talons. Wisps of smoke were starting to rise from them again. The firescales aren’t what make me dangerous. Even without them, I was as bad as ever, because I was willing to follow her.”

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111. “Qibli was expecting Turtle to do something, and Turtle had a bad feeling that “something” wasn’t “Turtle flying all the way back to the Kingdom of the Sea, finding a deep trench, and staying there forever.”

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112. “It looked a little bit like a monkey, but bigger and not quite so hairy, apart from a patch of floppy brown fur on top of its head. It had nimble little paws, which were holding something that it was gazing at intently. Parts of it were wrapped in something like a cocoon made of jaguar fur and deep red silk.”

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113. “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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114. “With punching and biting?” Swordtail suggested hopefully. “And maybe some venomous caterpillars?” “I like the way you think,” Sundew said. “But they’re centipedes, dingbat.”

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115. “Icicle gave him an amused, arch look. How adorable, a RainWing with a crush on my brother. Winter.”

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116. “Make bananas,” Qibli filled in. “Absolutely terrifying. Run for your life.”

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117. “That’s right, you self-righteous fish nose. I learned a few things from Queen Scarlet, who could burn dragons without touching them.”

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118. “Summary: Peril is possibly the most dangerous dragon in Pyrrhia, because she has firescales that can kill an opponent with a touch, but now she has a mission – find her former queen, Scarlet, who is threatening the Jade Mountain Academy, and then stop her, and she is not sure if the persistent SeaWing, Turtle, who is accompanying her will be a help or a hindrance. ISBN.”

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119. “Glory told us everything you said in her dream, which, by the way, is crazy, visiting a dragon’s dreams,” Tsunami said to Starflight, winding her tail around his. “Well, except she didn’t tell me about the stealth RainWing bodyguards she put on me. That was pretty hilarious. Everyone should suddenly have the air turn into seven bright purple dragons yelling hysterically whenever she gets attacked.” “Yeah, I wouldn’t have minded something like that,” Starflight said.”

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120. “Legend of the Hive.”

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121. “Snowfall?” Lynx said after a moment. “Are you – did I break you?” She reached out and tapped lightly on Snowfall’s forehead.”

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122. “I’mjustsayingshe’dbeallright,” he mumbled, subsiding.”

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123. “Tsunami finally woke up on an island that was officially part of the Thousand Scales. 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. Grumbling, she wriggled out from under him and let his tail flop over onto Starflight’s head. The.”

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124. “Well, not anymore, Tsunami thought fiercely. Even Queen Coral would have to believe the truth once she saw the statue as it was now. Marble Orca, once serene and regal on her pedestal, was trapped by the spear in battle position. Her.”

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125. “He looked at the animus-touched bracelets on his wrists again, itching to use them against Darkstalker. He wanted to throw a lightning bolt into the NightWing’s grinning face.”

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126. “Clay would be just as happy if nobody ever noticed how wonderful he is. Then he could sleep and eat and take care of us instead of fighting. Starflight.”

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127. “Moon, can Tamarin touch your face?”

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128. “Are you planning to throw a scavenger at Mother?” Ruby asked. “Because I’m sure she’d appreciate a snack before she kills you.”

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129. “Clay! clamored several voices at once in Moon’s head. It’s him, it’s really him! Oooo, he’s even cuter in real life. Oooo, look at his heroic limp. Oooo, I think he looked at me!”

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130. “It was Icicle. The memory faded, but the destroyed feeling hung heavily in Moon’s chest. “She killed Crane,” Sora sobbed into Umber’s shoulder. “I saw her. I saw her. She’s the one who killed our sister.”

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131. “I really think I’d be better at, like, advanced napping techniques.”

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132. “Peril thought her mother was dead. How would she react when she found out it was Kestrel – and she was still alive?”

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133. “But if she had Clay and Turtle as friends, and then Turtle got himself killed by Queen Scarlet or accidentally set on fire, well, then she’d survive OK, because she’d still have Clay. It occurred to her that this was a rather morbid train of thought to be having about a new friend.”

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134. “At night, without the distant hint of sunlight, the room felt colder and more hollow. Clay stretched up and sniffed at the darkness that had fallen on the other side of the hole. He thought it smelled like stars.”

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135. “Mightyclaws is working on it now,” Hope answered. She nodded at the dragonet crouched over a flat rock in the pavilion, drawing intently on a square piece of paper. Queen Glory sat beside him, her scales all gold and dark purple, watching quietly over his shoulder. Behind her, Deathbringer was eyeing the forest fiercely. Most NightWings had accepted earrings to free themselves from all of Darkstalker’s spells, even the ones that gave them extra powers.”

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136. “Morrowseer shook his head. “Some NightWings think so, but none of our scientists have been able to find any when they examine our tribe’s corpses. Nor have we had any success replicating RainWing venom shooting.” He scowled at the bird and abruptly ripped off one if its wings. “You may have this,” he said ungenerously, tossing it at Starflight. Starflight.”

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137. “Palm reached up to touch the glowing fire opals in her ears. “These? But they were a gift from – ” “I know,” said her sister. “They’re much too expensive for you to afford on your.”

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138. “Bite her! Bite all her claws off!”

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139. “By the moons, you make me nervously,” Riptide said. One.”

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140. “Feeling suddenly awkward and guilty, he let go of Fatespeaker’s talons. “You have the face you get when you’re missing your friends,” she said. He nodded, surprised that he was that transparent. “Sometimes I think there might be no other dragons like them in all of Pyrrhia.” “You’re probably right,” she said with a sigh. Well. There’s Fatespeaker. He touched her shoulder lightly. “Get some sleep.” She obediently closed her eyes, and he moved back to.”

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141. “After a minute, she felt Rollan’s hand brush against hers and their fingers intertwined again. In the misty gloom, he felt like an anchor to the real world, even more real than Jhi. Like all the rest of her might drift away, but her hand would still be there, safely wrapped in his.”

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142. “I figured maybe I’d start by making friends with some other tribes first and gradually work my way back around to the NightWings, but you’re hardly a NightWing at all, so that’s OK, then.” Moon winced. “Hardly a NightWing at all” was essentially what she’d been hearing in the NightWings’ thoughts about her for months. It was a little brutal to hear someone just say it out loud.”

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143. “Um,” Starflight said as a horrifying thought struck him. “There’s no chance this volcano is about to erupt, is there?”

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144. “Who wants to go hunting?” Tsunami nearly shouted. “I know I do! Great idea, Tsunami! No arguing with the Head of School; off we go!” She shot off the ledge and whooshed away into the clouds. Carnelian snorted. “I guess that discussion is over,” she said.”

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145. “Yes!” Kinkajou said. “I didn’t know we did, but now I totally do!”

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146. “Another dragon tried to take to the air to see the storm, but the wind immediately caught him and whirled him away into the clouds, screaming. Qibli stared after him, stricken with horror.”

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147. “I have to see Glory right now,” he said to Tsunami. “The NightWings are planning to attack tonight.” She gasped, and the trees around her all gasped at the same time. Tsunami turned to frown at the apparently empty branches. “I told you all you could go back to the village,” she said. “I don’t need a bodyguard. I can take care of myself.” Nobody answered. Tsunami sighed.”

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148. “One of her daughters sneezed, someone alert the chefs we need a cake! It’s kind of exhausting.”

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149. “Or was your mission to poison the queen?”

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150. “There were more important things than becoming queen. Stopping.”

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