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

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

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

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

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

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210. “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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211. “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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212. “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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213. “Hmmm,′ she said. ‘How long do you think it’ll last?’ ‘How would I know?!”

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

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

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

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218. “Let’s go bother Clearsight!”

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219. “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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220. “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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221. “Maybe there would be no queen on the throne beside him.”

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

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

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

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

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226. “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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227. “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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228. “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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229. “I can think of is I distract him and you try.”

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

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

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233. “Not another boring diplomatic meeting.”

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

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235. “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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236. “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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237. “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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238. “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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239. “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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240. “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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241. “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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242. “Scarlet’s gladiator fetish.”

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

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244. “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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245. “I learned a few things from Queen Scarlet, who could burn dragons without touching them.”

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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. “She would have pointed out that Sundew had a duty to marry Mandrake and raise superpowered danger-babies to destroy their enemies.”

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248. “I miss my moms,” Blue said softly.”

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

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250. “And also because there’s a dragon there who I’m definitely not thinking about and certainly do not think about all the time.”

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