{"quotes":[{"text":"Among the dragons, the prohibition against asking direct questions did not exist, and-as Harrier discovered immediately-dragons were even more outrageous gossips than sailors.","author":"Mercedes Lackey","tags":["character-harrier","dragons","gossip","humor","jamese-mallory","location-6262","mercedes-lackey","page-344","the-phoenix-unchained"],"id":1815,"author_id":"Mercedes+Lackey"},{"text":"Did you never wonder why the old books are so full of dragons chasing after maidens? The serpents think the girls are orphans, and long to get them away in a lair so that they may grow up strong and tall.","author":"Catherynne M. Valente","tags":["dragons","girls","growing-up","women"],"id":3422,"author_id":"Catherynne+M.+Valente"},{"text":"Yes,' Nicholas replied, in a bored voice. 'The name is Dutch. Dragonwyck, meaning place of the dragon. It derives from an Indian legend about a flying serpent whose eyes were fire and whose flaming breath withered the corn.' 'Heavens!' With a light laugh, Miranda asked her new employer if the red men had sent forth a champion to do battle with the dragon.The patroon's face was dark, unsmiling. 'To appease him the wise men of the tribe sacrificed a pure maiden on the rocky bluff you see above you.'Miranda's laughter died. Something in Nicholas Van Ryn's cruel, handsome features made her imagine herself in the Indian maiden's place.","author":"Anya Seton","tags":["dragons"],"id":4441,"author_id":"Anya+Seton"},{"text":"Perhaps all the dragons of your life are princesses, who are only waiting for us to show a little beauty and courage. Perhaps at the very bottom every horror is something helpless, that wants help from us.","author":"Rainer Maria Rilke","tags":["dragons","kindness","letters-to-a-young-poet","rainer-maria-rilke"],"id":5165,"author_id":"Rainer+Maria+Rilke"},{"text":"Oh, sure,' Cassie said. 'Take me to your faery world. I've always wanted to see Tinker Bell.' Not. She'd had to watch the movie when she was a kid because her parents had thought she should enjoy some fantasy stories in her early years. What sane kid wanted to be a child forever? Being older had lots more perks.","author":"Terry Spear","tags":["dragon-fae","dragons","fae","faeries","ya"],"id":5486,"author_id":"Terry+Spear"},{"text":"Dragons have been known to have staring contests with mountains. They usually win.","author":"Ursula Vernon","tags":["dragons","mountains","stubbornness","victory"],"id":5509,"author_id":"Ursula+Vernon"},{"text":"He kissed it better,” she told them.","author":"Erin Kellison","tags":["bloodkin","dragons","paranormal-romance","vampire","witches"],"id":6916,"author_id":"Erin+Kellison"},{"text":"They are here to help pack the gold, mistress. The women wouldn't be able to do it quickly enough , but I reverently ask that you don't tell them I said so. The last time I said anything about Cook's culinary arts, I ate burned food for a week and when I said anything to your lady's maid about how she should do more to help to help you, she put double of starch into my sheets when she ironed them.... She scorched a hole in the sheets at the foot of the bed and my toes got caught in it in the middle of the night.","author":"Terry Spear","tags":["dragons","fae","ya"],"id":9978,"author_id":"Terry+Spear"},{"text":"The table was covered with food like roast chicken, roast potatoes, roast parsnips, roast turkey, roast liquorice and, the centrepiece, a roasted knight.","author":"Elias Zapple","tags":["astronauts","children-s-books","comedy-humor","dragons","fantasy","fiction-writing","humor","humour","knights"],"id":9981,"author_id":"Elias+Zapple"},{"text":"Hello, lover,” whispered a sexy feminine voice in his ear as hands wound around him from behind.Talin smiled, unable to help himself. He looked over his shoulder at Neve. She raised a black brow, her silver eyes searching his.Desire struck him quickly, making him instantly hard. Neve managed to bring such a reaction from him every time he heard her voice, felt her touch, or looked at her.","author":"Donna Grant","tags":["dragons","fae","paranormal-romance","reapers"],"id":10859,"author_id":"Donna+Grant"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":655,"pages":66,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}