"There might be a dragon with five legs in my house, but no one has ever seen it."
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"Before thee stands this fair Hesperides, With golden fruit, but dangerous to be touched; For death-like dragons here affright thee hard."
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"The hunger of a dragon is slow to wake, but hard to sate."
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"Haven’t you heard of the music of the spheres?” asked the dragon. “It’s the music that space makes to itself. All the spirits inside all the stars are singing. I’m a star spirit. I sing too. The music of the spheres is what makes space so peaceful."
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"Noble dragons don't have friends. The nearest they can get to the idea is an enemy who is still alive."
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"We're dealing here," said Vimes, "With a twisted mind." "Oh, no! You think so?" "Yes." "But... no... you can't be right. Because Nobby was with us all the time." "Not Nobby," said Vimes testily. "Whatever he might do to a dragon, I doubt if he'd make it explode. There's stranger people in this world than Corporal Nobbs, my lad." Carrot's expression slid into a rictus of intrigued horror. "Gosh," he said."
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"It doesn't matter if dragons are flying overhead or whatever - a lot of Victoriana is still cut in the frame of fantasy."
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"The people of Ankh-Morpork had a straightforward, no-nonsense approach to entertainment, and while they were looking forward to seeing a dragon slain, they'd be happy to settle instead for seeing someone being baked alive in his own armour. You didn't get the chance every day to see someone baked alive in their own armour. It would be something for the children to remember."
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"I am a comic writer, which means I get to slay the dragons, and shoot the bull."
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"Speak politely to an enraged dragon."
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"Never laugh at live dragons."
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"It never does to leave a live Dragon out of the equation."
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"Not all men were meant to dance with dragons."
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"It's very far away, it takes about a half and a day to get there, if we travel by my... dragon-fly. No, it's not in Spain, but all the same, you know, it's a groovy name. And the wind's just right... Hang on, my darling, hang on if you wanna go. Hear it's a really groovy place, with just a little bit Spanish Castle Magic."
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"Venice is the worlds unconscious: a misers glittering hoard, guarded by a Beast whose eyes are made of white agate, and by a saint who is really a prince who has just slain a dragon."
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"There is an eternal vital correspondence between our blood and the sun: there is an eternal vital correspondence between our nerves and the moon. If we get out of contact and harmony with the sun and moon, then both turn into great dragons of destruction against us."
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"Every new stroke of civilization has cost the lives of countless brave men, who have fallen defeated by the dragon, in their efforts to win the apples of the Hesperides, or the fleece of gold. Fallen in their efforts to overcome the old, half sordid savagery of the lower stages of creation, and win the next stage."
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"When a draco has eaten much fruit, it seeks the juice of the bitter lettuce; it has been seen to do this."
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"Kneel and swear to the Lord Dragon, or you will be knelt."
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"So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings."
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