Top 300 Tui T. Sutherland Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “Jump in the river’ was Tsunami’s solution for everything. Bored? Aching bones? Dry scales? Brain overstuffed with the history of the war? ‘Jump in the river!”

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202. “Oh,” Glory said, “well, there’s a logical scientific explanation and seriously, right now you want to have this conversation?”

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203. “Starflight and Moon didn’t kill Hailstorm!” Winter shouted. “Queen Scarlet did!”

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204. “Jambu shrugged apologetically. “I’m not sure what you’re talking about,” he said. Starflight had to sit down and fold his wings over his head for a minute. Glory.”

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205. “It doesn’t mean anything, this twisting feeling in my chest.”

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206. “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.”

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207. “Winter, I believe that you’re one of the best, bravest, truest dragons in Pyrrhia. I’ll never be your enemy, no matter what you say. But go ahead and leave, if that’s what you want.” It.”

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208. “Hmmm,′ she said. ‘How long do you think it’ll last?’ ‘How would I know?!”

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209. “Fighting over power, Peril thought. Like every dragon ever. But it’s not their power, it’s Darkstalker’s, and they want to use it, the same way Scarlet used mine.”

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210. “No!” Kinkajou cried. “We’re eating together! You haven’t even finished your hairy smelly carcass thing! Sit!”

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211. “The light, the light, the light wanted him out, wanted to run its talons over his wings, drip through his scales, fill him with silver power. He wanted that power, too, all of it, all of it.”

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212. “I thought you brought me here on our first trip.”

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213. “Otherwise he’ll always be worrying about what she thinks of him. It’s her eyes on him that make him so afraid of his magic. He’d be much happier and less worried without her around. As would I, frankly. I don’t particularly like dragons who point sharp things at me.”

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214. “She’s a RainWing,” he hissed. “She’d laugh at me just as much as any of her tribe, if she’d met me before I found my power.”

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215. “His intense joy – so much to read! Surely everything he could wish for had to be in here, all the answers to all his questions – warred with deep, paralyzing anxiety. How would he ever learn all this?”

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216. “Maybe there would be no queen on the throne beside him.”

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217. “This is ssssssssssssssssssoooooooo interesting, isn’t it?”

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218. “Most of them were ruining the effect by peering at the spears with mystified expressions, or holding them upside down.”

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219. “That’s kind of the point of being stealthy. And if he doesn’t catch you, then you’re not doing anything wrong, are you?” That sounded true. That sounded very true!”

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220. “Ta-daaaaa!” Bumblebee declared, working two of her wings free and flinging them out to either side.”

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221. “Let’s go bother Clearsight!”

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222. “What did I say about staying put?”

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223. “Cricket snuck a sideways peek at the guards. The one who’d looked over must have seen.”

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224. “She knew Kinkajou would have other best friends. Possibly six more by the end of lunchtime.”

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225. “Handsome had perfectly imitated the noises she’d been hearing from the big-beaked birds. If that was another RainWing talent, it was one she’d never even thought of trying before.”

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226. “Maybe we should destroy it,” Sunny said unexpectedly. They all turned to look at her.”

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227. “I can think of is I distract him and you try.”

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228. “Oooom-yum?” Bumblebee inquired, reaching for it. “Eeee?” “No,” Cricket said. “GROSS, Bumblebee!” “GWOSE!” Bumblebee cried, waking up an anaconda as thick as Sundew’s tail in the next tree over.”

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229. “Tangerines were not quite the epic change Blue wanted to see in the world.”

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230. “Naturally,” Snowflake said. “Who wouldn’t want to marry a prince and watch her daughters fight to the death for the throne?” “Well,” said Fox. “True love. Right?” “Indeed,” said Snowflake. “True love.”

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231. “There was a brief, terrifying moment as his midsection got stuck. Would he drown down here? Would the prophecy be ruined because of an extra cow?”

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232. “Glory muttered, staring over Winter’s shoulder at the corpse. Clouds.”

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233. “It’s furry and sleeps upside down and has a really chewy tail,” said.”

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234. “That’s your secret,” Moon breathed. She had an expression like someone who’d just managed to finally alphabetize a million scrolls exactly right. “An animus.”

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235. “It’s time to prove that you really do belong in this prophecy.”

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236. “The Park?” Gus asked skeptically, following him out of Kali’s building and across the empty street. “The place with the homicidal poodle pack and creepy hanging goddess?”

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237. “She had a really odd expression on her face, as if the agony of the prophecy vision had suddenly popped and meerkats had come cartwheeling out of the cracked mountain instead of death.”

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238. “Not another boring diplomatic meeting.”

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239. “Battlewinner spat out a shard of ice that sizzled into steam when it hit the lava. “You never wanted to be queen,” she rasped. “You’re a pathetic heir.” “I know I am,” Greatness said. “Being queen is awful.”

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240. “So what’s the best way to punish a SeaWing?” Vermilion swooped over the crowd, trying to look as if he was perfectly comfortable in the air instead of on the sands where he usually did his announcing. “Chop off his head!” “Stuff grass in his gills!” “Drown him!”

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241. “Oh, I’m not allowed to take art classes anymore,” Cricket said with a kind of carelessness he was pretty sure she was faking. “You can proooooobably guess why.” “Good heavens, Cricket,” he said, putting on the voice she’d used several times already. “No one has ever used that many colors on one piece of paper before. Look at this mess. Why can’t you just draw a normal blue blueberry like every other dragon?”

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242. “Yeah,” Swordtail said fervently. “HiveWings don’t care about anyone but themselves.” Cricket flinched, and Blue frowned at Swordtail. “That’s really unfair, Swordtail. You don’t know what’s going on in their hearts. The only HiveWing you know well is Cricket, and she cares a lot.”

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243. “Kestrel of the SkyWings?” Cirrus said. “Big, red, grumpy-looking?” “You’ve just described fifty percent of all SkyWings,” said the MudWing sitting on top of Turtle. “The other half is big, orange, and grumpy-looking.”

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244. “She put one talon over Winter’s.”

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245. “Right, Tsunami thought. “Soft” is definitely how I’d describe Shark.”

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246. “Two dragons? Killed them? Are you sure? How incredibly careless; we haven’t picked up any RainWings with that little control yet.” “It wasn’t careless. It was on purpose,” Starflight said, annoyed on Glory’s behalf.”

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247. “I know exactly who to kill. A freezing shiver rattled down Moon’s spine. Sora.”

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248. “They should just find the dragon who did it and give them a slow, horrible death. Perhaps by making them listen to Starflight talk for the next hundred years.”

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249. “Scarlet’s gladiator fetish.”

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250. “And if you are even considering setting me free while keeping him trapped, I will roast your talons one claw at a time.”

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