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1 " But sometimes the bravest thing a Hero has to do is not fighting monsters and cheating death and witches. It is facing the consequences of his own actions. "
― Cressida Cowell , How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel (How to Train Your Dragon, #10)
2 " The past never really leaves us.And now I am an old, old man. I hover over my childhood self, as if I were a dead mother, and I am anxious for Hiccup's future because I already know it, and I want to protect the boy from the pain.But I am happy too because I know the future is a curious mixture of joy and sadness.So suddenly I throw away my fear, and I no longer shout "Stop!" I am shouting something slightly different now.Walk on, Hiccup!Have Courage!Walk on to Tomorrow...And I will meet you there at Hero's End... "
3 " Uh-oh," thought Hiccup, who was an intelligent boy. "This person wants to kill me. "
4 " The past has a way of catching up with you. "
5 " Perhaps I am a foolish, fond old dragon who never learns from his own mistakes. But I have to believe that the humans and the dragons are capable of living together. I have to hope that the impossible can be possible. I have to trust in the boy and hope for the best... "
6 " Wodensfang, you're paranoid," said Hiccup, yawning."It's only paranoia," whispered the Wodensfang, "if things aren't out to get you... "
7 " What are you doing in there, Camicazi? I told you to escape! And how did you know this was my sand yacht?""You wrote 'The Hopeful Puffin 2' on the back of it," explained the basket, adding hastily, "and I don't know what you're talking about. I've never heard of this Cami-whatsit. "
8 " A little girl was sitting beside him, with huge, doomy eyes, a bear suit with all the buttons done up in the wrong buttonholes, and very dark, straggly hair that stuck straight out of her head at odd angles. She seem to read his mind. "Shh," said the little girl. A lot of her teeth had recently fallen out and she was very serious for such a small person. "We're not allowed to talk about the Lost. It's bad for morale. "
9 " Everything we do, you see, has its consequences and repercussions, every kind act, and every bad, every friend we make, and every enemy. Everything is connected. "
10 " Most of us are lucky not to be Kings and Heroes, because we do not have to make the choices that Kings and Heroes have to make. "
11 " If I was living in a happier place," said Eggingarde, "I might tell stories with happier endings. "
12 " Sometimes our little human splashings are not enough. However hard we try, however strong our heroic human wills (and us humans have such a capacity, such a heroic capacity for believing that the impossible might be possible), sometimes our ridiculously puny human arms are too weak. Sometimes the world is just too big for us, the hurricane too wild, the sea so huge, that it wears out even the bravest of hearts, the strongest of wills. "
13 " You were not my first love, Stoick the Vast," said Valhallarama. "But you are my last… "
14 " You remember what I said, way way way back at the start of Hiccup’s adventures, how this would be the story of becoming a Hero the Hard Way? Now you can begin to see exactly how hard the way has been. "
15 " A promise is a promise if it is made in blood. "
16 " You see, it was not only Hiccup who was growing up, it was the entire world around him — and when whole worlds grow up, that can be painful and difficult. Was it all worth the Archipelago in flames? I do not know, you decide. "
17 " On the back of the Silver Phantom I have flown so high that his wing-tips seemed to touch the very moon itself… "
18 " It's only paranoia," whispered the Wodensfang, "If things aren't out to get you... "
19 " the witch softly, ‘for the dragons’ days are numbered "
20 " The witch sprang animal-like from "
