Top 300 Tui T. Sutherland Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “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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152. “The last cage in the hallway contained a NightWing. This was where Flame stopped and rapped on the bars with one claw. Not just any NightWing: Deathbringer.”

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153. “He was like the not-funny, not-adorable opposite of Clay, constantly hungry but in a pushy way instead of a sweetly embarrassed way.”

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154. “We’ll find the dragon who set that bomb, and then I will tear off his wings and hang him from the eastern peak of Jade Mountain.”

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155. “She also adored that it had taken an entire day for it to occur to him that the Kingdom of the Sea was underwater.”

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156. “One morning shortly after Wren turned seven years old, her parents wrestled her into her best blue wool dress, pinned her down to oil her curly hair, and took her up the mountain to be eaten by a dragon.”

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157. “I am not in love with a dragon I am sworn to hate.”

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158. “SLEEPING DARTS!” Clay suddenly yelled, making everyone jump.”

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159. “No way,” Glory said. “A tree in the forest?”

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160. “Had Queen Coral prepared a throne for her missing daughter, waiting all these years for her to come fill it? She.”

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161. “Are we – um, does this mean –.”

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162. “Do you remember anything about Winter?” he asked. “You mean, like that he’s an enormous grump?” Pyrite said. She.”

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163. “It’s just another party,” Clearsight said, laughing. “The queen seems to have one every other night. There’s a full moon, let’s celebrate! A second full moon, celebrate again! Her oldest son’s hatching day, time for a party! One of her daughters sneezed, someone alert the chefs we need a cake! It’s kind of exhausting.”

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164. “Several RainWings stood by the water, in shades of blue and purple, holding NightWing spears.”

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165. “I think they should rename the place Unnecessary Violent Overreaction.” In.”

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

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167. “She lifted her head, breathing in the wild sea air.”

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168. “Your boyfriend is a psycho, just like I always thought!”

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169. “The whole point of a top secret invisible guard,” Deathbringer said severely, “is for them to be invisible and secret. Therefore it is extremely unhelpful for certain queens to go pointing them out and discussing them loudly with the entire rainforest.”

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170. “I can hear others, but no one else can hear me. Makes for a lot of very boring, one-sided conversations. She.”

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171. “Well, I sort of do, now that we have Blue.”

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172. “Idiotic hopeful former self.”

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173. “But friends didn’t wipe other friends’ memories.”

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174. “Pheasant was there in an instant, throwing the IceWing off Sora, but the ice dragon came back at them with her mouth.”

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175. “Snow speckled the black dragon’s wings and shoulders. Small chunks of ice were caught between her claws, and she shook her talons to knock them loose before stepping into the tunnel.”

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176. “The look on Deathbringer’s face was so obvious – so real and sad – that Starflight had the weird experience of being able to see what his own expression must be every time he thought of Sunny.”

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177. “The RainWing across the stream from Sunny mustered an expression that looked almost fierce.”

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178. “Remove firescales, add Queen Scarlet loyalty, subtract all memories of Clay.”

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179. “The idea of Kinkajou flinging rainbows around in Moon’s dreams as well as in her waking thoughts was a.”

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180. “But I didn’t see why Mother needed another egg when she had me.”

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181. “Winter was not surprised to discover that the rainforest was horrifying and awful.”

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182. “Starflight had been terrified plenty of times since leaving the caves where he grew up.”

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183. “Mommy,” Cliff called. “Mommy, I have to tell you something. Mommy! Grandma is kind of mean.” “I know, sweetheart, don’t worry,” Ruby said.”

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184. “She’s frightened of me. Mother would be so proud. He turned away, skewering a fish on one of his claws. I guess I did threaten to slice off her face.”

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185. “Was it our fault?” Qibli asked immediately. “She must be furious about us escaping with Hailstorm.”

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186. “SQUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWK!”

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187. “Startled, he blinked at her. King and queen? But he couldn’t – she wasn’t – well, she wasn’t Sunny. And he’d been in love with one dragon his whole life.”

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188. “Would you really eat a hairy spider anyway?”

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189. “Cricket wanted the world to feel more like a book: Here is a question, so here is an answer. Here are the mysteries of the universe; now here is everything you want to know about them.”

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190. “Queen Glory,” he grumbled, and Starflight recognized Strongwings, his father’s burly lab assistant.”

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191. “EW,” Bumblebee declared, in perhaps her most accurate observation so far.”

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192. “Starflight was dreaming, but it wasn’t so much a dream as a memory.”

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193. “Beyond his sisters, lit by the pale moonlight, Smolder’s eyes were shining. He was nothing but happy to see his mother dead. But.”

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194. “He winked, and Clay managed to look embarrassed, alarmed, and confused all at the same time.”

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195. “She also set fire to a tall cactus because it was giving her a superior look and she felt like it.”

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196. “And then, more softly, but chiming from somewhere inside both of them: I wonder what she thinks of me.”

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197. “As each of them voted for her, Sunny felt as though her own scales might turn pink.”

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198. “Oh, good,” said Tsunami. “School-wide panic. We haven’t had any of that in at least two days.”

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199. “Sundew swatted at him and he darted out of the way.”

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200. “This dragon could change everything.”

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