Top 300 Tui T. Sutherland Quotes (2026 Update)
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251. “Blaze yet and I hate waiting.”

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

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253. “Our choices are what make us good or evil – what we do, how we help or hurt the world. You make the world a better place by being in it. With or without magic, that’s always been true.”

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254. “Sure enough, a few moments later, an enormous blue-green SeaWing emerged from the water, shaking her wings vigorously. She was powerfully built, as big as Morrowseer, with broad shoulders and gleaming teeth and a healing burn scar on her neck, and she had a trident longer than Deathbringer strapped to her back. Holy mother of lava, Deathbringer thought. I’m supposed to kill THAT?”

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255. “I’m sorry!” he yelped. “Sorry, sorry, sorry! I missed. Here, let me try again.” She eyed him suspiciously. He looked not so much “deeply repentant,” as “trying to hide his giggles.”

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256. “Baby,” Cricket said to the egg. “Small dragon. This would be a VERY SILLY place and time to hatch. Do not do it.” A claw poked straight through the crack and wiggled gleefully at her.”

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257. “I hatched on an island of smoke and fire, under a volcano that breathed death all day and hid the stars and the three moons at night.”

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258. “Pantala,” she echoed back. The lost continent is real, and it has a name. And it’s my home now. Pantala, here I am.”

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259. “Don’t we lose something when everything is done for us?”

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260. “Turtle yelling “AAAH!” and leaping backward as the stick he’d poked her with burst into flames. Peril stretched, yawning. “Well, what did you think was going to happen?”

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261. “She lifted her head, breathing in the wild sea air. This was where she was supposed to be. This was her ocean.”

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262. “A secret buried far below May save those brave enough to look.”

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263. “You’re right,” she said. “All my life I have desperately wanted an ugly necklace.” “Hey,” Chameleon protested, as Queen Scarlet gave a shout of laughter.”

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264. “Carnelian unfolded her wings with a majestic scowl and flowed off the rock ledge like a wrathful waterfall.”

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265. “I’ve been thinking about Clearsight,” he said softly. “She wouldn’t want a war or this life for her descendants or for the other two tribes. But I don’t know how we’re going to help everyone. We’re just four normal little dragons.” “I know,” Cricket agreed. “Well, three normal little dragons and one vengeful warrior dragon with an arsenal of terrifying bugs.” Sundew.”

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266. “Moon gave a furious shake of her head. There was a long pause, and then she yelped, “Disembowel? Did you seriously just say disembowel?” “Who disemboweled who?” Peril asked. “Oh, GROSS, did Arctic disembowel himself? That is much worse than anything that happened in the arena. Oh my goodness, Scarlet would have loved to get a self-disemboweling dragon in her arena. She’s dead, by the way, did we mention that?”

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267. “Listen,” Cricket said reasonably. “If Queen Wasp could control me, would I be on a Wanted poster? Wouldn’t she just march me into her Hive from inside my brain? And use me to catch these two?” Morpho opened and closed his mouth a few times. “Oh, wow,” Cinnabar said. “You actually shut Morpho up for a moment. You can definitely be in my Chrysalis.”

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268. “But this new fear was like termites in her skull, much more constant and present and squirming through all of her thoughts.”

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269. “You’re like a monkey,” Swordtail panted, catching up to her when she stopped to wait for them. “I mean – in a good way – like a – very fast – jumps – good jumps – not foodishly – I mean, not in a dinner way – just, so fast.” He wheezed to a stop.”

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270. “In books, everything had an explanation. She especially liked nonfiction: lots of facts and things had to make sense. If a question came up, eventually you got the answer. Every mystery was solved by the end. Facts fit together. When you wanted something explained, there it was, with no whispering or cold stares or slammed doors.”

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271. “Clay cared about his real brothers and sisters, too, although he’d only just met them. He felt instinctively like they were extensions of his own claws and wings. This was the family he’d always wanted.”

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272. “Katydid isn’t your sister, little snail. She’s your mother.”

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273. “What?” he roared.”

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274. “Moon, this is Tamarin. Tamarin, Moon is our new best friend. She’s super funny. Moon, can Tamarin touch your face?”

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275. “My name is Deathbringer.”

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276. “Blue sat up, yawning, and looked over Cricket’s shoulder. “Maybe it thinks it’s time to hatch because it’s not in the Nest anymore.” “Oh my stars,” Cricket said. “Is that a thing? A real thing? Can it really tell it’s not in the Nest?”

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277. “Turn your eyes, your wings, your fire To the land across the sea Where dragons are poisoned and dragons are dying And no one can ever be free. A secret lurks inside their eggs. A secret hides within their book. A secret buried far below May save those brave enough to look.”

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278. “It doesn’t work to throw tribes together and just hope they’ll get along, because they won’t – they can’t. Dragons don’t work that way, no matter what tribe they’re from.”

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279. “What kind of sigh was that? Peril wondered. Was it an “I wish I were alone with Peril” sigh? Or a “worried about my students” sigh? Knowing Clay, it could also be a “we’re all out of goats and I really wanted one” sigh.”

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280. “Mystery dragon! Hmmm. There’s something different about you. Did you get your claws trimmed?” “Very funny,” she said, baring her teeth at him. “You could have told me you were one of the dragonets,” Deathbringer said. “I’d have asked for your autograph.”

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281. “Friend!” Qibli cried with delight. “You called me your friend! You DO adore me! Life goals: accomplished.” “I’m just saving syllables,” Winter snapped. “‘Friend’ is faster to say than ’annoying clawmate.”

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282. “Cadelle hurried off toward the ramps that led to the upper levels. She taught history at Jewel Hive University, which Cricket had heard her describe as “a job where I teach my replacements, because what else are they going to do with this information.”

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283. “Excuse me,” Winter objected. “Dragons my age are seasoned warriors where I come from. We guard the queen all the time in the Ice Kingdom.”

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284. “Glacier breathed between spasms of coughing. “There will be no War of IceWing Succession. Do you three understand me?”

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285. “Hmm. I don’t know if that’s a ‘yes’ or a ‘go eat worms,’” Rollan admitted.”

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286. “Pretty much nobody guessed that the real mastermind who took him down was Kinkajou. She didn’t mind. She said the “Epic Legend of Kinkajou“ was a work in progress, and one day when she and Peacemaker were both long gone, the truth would be revealed and then everyone could sing rousing songs about her for the rest of time.”

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287. “It was sort of difficult to rage-fly on the power of hating HiveWings when there were two HiveWings flying right alongside her, being extremely noisy and distracting.”

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288. “Good luck,” Nautilus said. “You too,” said Turtle. “I hope you die,” Avalanche said to Peril.”

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289. “If you are flying directly into a hurricane, it is probably useful to be a dragon who can see the future. Then again, if you are a dragon who can see the future, you are most likely far too smart to fly directly into a hurricane.”

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290. “It made no sense. Why would a different wing shape, or a slightly different scale color, or antennae, make one dragon superior and another dragon worth nothing?”

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291. “Oooo, the perfect title for my memoir,” she said, grinning. “Right about Almost Everything, by Cricket.”

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292. “They call themselves SeaWings,” Willow whispered. “And they come from the Distant Kingdoms.”

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293. “Now you are all fair and kind and incapable of cruelty or injustice.”

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294. “Clearsight gave a little shiver, and although he was trying not to listen, something fluttered through her mind: a whisper, an echo, his own voice shouting, “It’s all ours! The whole kingdom is ours!” He rested his wing against hers, dripping scales sliding across one another. “Come back,” he said softly. “Be here now.”

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295. “A wall of indestructible ice between him and Foeslayer. “That’s not – ” Arctic started, then bit back the rest of his sentence as his mother hissed at him. “In fact,” she spat, “since you are so overwhelmed by this animus gift decision, it seems best for you to stay in seclusion until it is time for the ceremony. Clearly something here has been distracting you, but we won’t let that be a problem anymore.”

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296. “Turn your eyes, your wings, your fire To the land across the sea Where dragons are poisoned and dragons are dying And no one can ever be free. A secret lurks inside their eggs. A secret hides within their book. A secret buried far below May save those brave enough to look. Open your hearts, your minds, your wings To the dragons who flee from the Hive. Face a great evil with talons united Or none of the tribes will survive.”

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297. “What are we waiting for?” Anemone demanded, flying back to them. “Winter thinks the mountains are going to eat him,” Qibli answered. “I DO NOT,” Winter protested. “But I do think they’re going to kill me, yes.” “Um, a whole horde of dragons just flew over them a few days ago.” Anemone flicked her tail at the evening sky, dimming to purple. “And they’re all fine.” “Because they’re not IceWings,” Winter pointed out. “The mountains only eat IceWings,” Qibli explained with a straight face.”

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298. “We have no idea! No recorded survivor encounters, so they’re probably the deadliest and stealthiest of all dragons.”

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299. “Don’t say hate,” Violet said. “That is a mean word.” “Fine,” said Daffodil. “I LOATHE her.”

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300. “And if you have time, please could you also make sure she’s not arrested for treason? That would be great, thanks.”

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