Top 300 Tui T. Sutherland Quotes (2026 Update)
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301. “You big sap,” he said. “And I can’t even punch you to shut you up.” “You could,” she said. “That would be pretty funny for me.”

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302. “Please help me not set the library on fire, Clearsight.”

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303. “Wow, you have a very confused and amusing view of this situation,” Peril said. “We’re not your prisoners. You couldn’t take me prisoner even with an army of IceWings. Not even if all of them had arrogant foreheads like yours. There isn’t actually a world in which you need to decide whether to ‘release’ me. I released myself a long time ago, but thanks anyway.”

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304. “Hawker is going to kill me, Blue thought deliriously. When I get to the checkpoint, he’s going to make that very stern frowny face and tut-tut and check his list and grumble about paperwork and then stab me with his spear thingy.”

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305. “Wren could probably take down a Hive all by herself if she had fire and talons. Sky was more likely to bump into a Hive and then apologize to its walls.”

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306. “I can be a little worried about superstrength,” Winter growled. “And whatever that other one can do.” “Make bananas,” Qibli filled in. “Absolutely terrifying. Run for your life.”

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307. “I wouldn’t leave you, even for a superpower,” Deathbringer said loyally. “I think that is your superpower,” Glory said to him. “Extreme heroic idiocy.”

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308. “Bring me back a banaaaaaaana!” Mindreader called after him as Mightyclaws darted away.”

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309. “How does she speak our language?” Cricket breathed. “Is it magic that we understand her? Is she a magic superpowered dragon like Clearsight? Oh my gosh, can you see the future?” “I can see a future,” Tsunami answered. “One where it takes me the next three years to answer all your questions.” “REALLY?” Cricket gasped.”

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310. “The humans had painted themselves as victims, dragons as barbaric monsters.”

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311. “Books accepted you the way you were and shared all their secrets with you.”

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312. “He hummed a line of his song. “We see.”

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313. “This frog was going DOWN.”

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314. “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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315. “Their mother glowed like a poisonous orange.”

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316. “You’ll adjust,” Foeslayer said, rolling her eyes. “It’s a great kingdom; you’ll see.”

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317. “A tranquil circle of grass surrounded it, strangely peaceful in the chaotic bustle of the market.”

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318. “Oh my gosh! A TREE? in the FOREST!?”

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319. “She thought about that for a moment. He liked the way she stopped and thought carefully about the things he said. Most dragons already had their ideas settled in their heads; if they paused to think before responding, it was only about how to explain to you that you were wrong. But Cricket seemed to take in information and questions and hold them up against the things she thought she knew, to see if there was anything new she missed.”

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320. “Qibli had never seen a dragon look more ridiculous. He glanced sideways at Winter, whose expression suggested that his eyes might never recover.”

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321. “I also wouldn’t have eaten that thing this morning that looked like a slug and turned out to be a slug.”

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322. “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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323. “Were you raised under a mountain?”

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324. “Snowfall could probably have defeated the HiveWings just by staring coldly at them.”

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325. “Turtle and Kinkajou, flying in the sky, Getting all K-I-S-S-Y –.”

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326. “Why aren’t they moving?” Cricket asked. She hesitated at a large tree root, inspected the shadows around it, then gingerly stepped over it. “Stupid question. We obviously don’t know,” Nettle muttered. “Never seen snakes act like this.”

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327. “I’m at full rage all the time. It can’t get worse.” “All the time?” Blue said wonderingly. “Really? Don’t you get tired?” “Yes,” she growled. “And that makes me furious, too.”

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328. “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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329. “As if sloths were parading out of her ears.”

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330. “That was the source of light in all the lamps in the Hive. Flamesilk.”

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331. “Dad would never work for anyone else; he likes being lord himself too much. And he doesn’t want to fight any more dragons. He’d rather hide from them.”

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332. “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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333. “The one that says ‘Queen Wasp’s top secret greenhouse keep out or I will dismember you and then kill you some more’?” Blue asked. “That’s the one,” Sundew said.”

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334. “The tiny human yelled something from Sky’s back, but the wind whipped her itty-bitty voice away.”

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335. “Maybe they have wonderful desert animals for sale!” Wren laughed.”

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336. “No,” Winter said in a bored voice. “He has a dragon-skull tattoo for every dragon he’s ever killed,” said Qibli. “He’s covered in them.” “Sounds a bit obvious.” Winter yawned. “Why not just tattoo ‘I’M TOTALLY MENACING’ on his forehead.”

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337. “Wriiiiiiting,” he whined. “That sounds like homework. Nobody said the revolution would involve homework.”

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338. “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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339. “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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340. “Good luck,” Nautilus said. “You too,” said Turtle. “I hope you die,” Avalanche said to Peril.”

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341. “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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342. “We should give it an imposing name, too,” he said. “The Inscrutable Bowl of Infinite Stew, or something.” Thorn.”

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343. “Idiotic hopeful former self had hoped for them. Idiotic hopeful former self was very stupid. In.”

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