Quotes from Moon Rising

“Ha ha, imagine Winter singing! I wonder if he can scowl and sing and look darkly handsome and mortally offended all at the same time. Probably.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, quote from Moon Rising

“Everyone stop moving!” he bellowed. “Especially you, chickens! CHICKENS, GIVE UP! WE’RE GOING TO EAT YOU! THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT! STOP RUNNING AWAY RIGHT NOW!”
― Tui T. Sutherland, quote from Moon Rising

“This papaya tastes boring. I guess I normally like papaya. But this one is sort of boring all the way through. Like eating water. Boring water. I wonder when it will be sun time. Maybe I should try a different papaya after this one. But what if the next papaya is boring, too?”
― Tui T. Sutherland, quote from Moon Rising

“Isn’t this exciting? I’m so excited I can hardly STAND IT. That’s why I’m this color, by the way. I have been trying all morning to turn myself something more dignified and I can’t do it; my scales are all like, YAY WE’RE REALLY HERE! and will not listen to me.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, quote from Moon Rising

“There are about thirty of us,” Turtle said with a shrug. “THIRTY?” Tsunami shouted. “I have THIRTY BROTHERS?” “Well, thirty-two,” he said. His gaze caught Moon watching, and he wrinkled his snout in an amused way.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, quote from Moon Rising

“You’d better be all right or I will tie you to a tree and cover you with hallucinogenic frogs. Tamarin, please wake up.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, quote from Moon Rising

“Who wants to go hunting?” Tsunami nearly shouted. “I know I do! Great idea, Tsunami! No arguing with the Head of School; off we go!” She shot off the ledge and whooshed away into the clouds. Carnelian snorted. “I guess that discussion is over,” she said.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, quote from Moon Rising

“No!” Kinkajou cried. “We’re eating together! You haven’t even finished your hairy smelly carcass thing! Sit!”
― Tui T. Sutherland, quote from Moon Rising

“We don’t share IceWing secrets with mere RainWings, haughty sniff.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, quote from Moon Rising

“We’ll find the dragon who set that bomb, and then I will tear off his wings and hang him from the eastern peak of Jade Mountain.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, quote from Moon Rising

“She’s frightened of me. Mother would be so proud. He turned away, skewering a fish on one of his claws. I guess I did threaten to slice off her face.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, quote from Moon Rising

“As NONE of this is RELEVANT to TODAY’S TOPIC, which is the Scorching. Ahem.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, quote from Moon Rising

“Moon, can Tamarin touch your face?”
― Tui T. Sutherland, quote from Moon Rising

“Beware the darkness of dragons, Beware the stalker of dreams, Beware the talons of power and fire, Beware one who is not what she seems. Something is coming to shake the earth, Something is coming to scorch the ground. Jade Mountain will fall beneath thunder and ice Unless the lost city of night can be found.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, quote from Moon Rising

“Icicle gave him an amused, arch look. How adorable, a RainWing with a crush on my brother. Winter”
― Tui T. Sutherland, quote from Moon Rising

“This papaya tastes boring. I guess I normally like papaya. But this one is sort of boring all the way through. Like eating water. Boring water. I wonder when it will be sun time. Maybe I should try a different papaya after this one. But what if the next papaya is boring, too? That”
― Tui T. Sutherland, quote from Moon Rising

“The idea of Kinkajou flinging rainbows around in Moon’s dreams as well as in her waking thoughts was a”
― Tui T. Sutherland, quote from Moon Rising

“Everyone stop moving!” he bellowed. “Especially you, chickens! CHICKENS, GIVE UP! WE’RE GOING TO EAT YOU! THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT! STOP RUNNING AWAY RIGHT NOW!” “SQUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWK”
― Tui T. Sutherland, quote from Moon Rising

“imagine Winter singing! I wonder if he can scowl and sing and look darkly handsome and mortally offended all at the same time. Probably.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, quote from Moon Rising

“But we’ll get to the bottom of it,” Tsunami promised. “We’ll find the dragon who set that bomb, and then I will tear off his wings and hang him from the eastern peak of Jade Mountain”
― Tui T. Sutherland, quote from Moon Rising

“I can hear others, but no one else can hear me. Makes for a lot of very boring, one-sided conversations. She”
― Tui T. Sutherland, quote from Moon Rising

“Carnelian unfolded her wings with a majestic scowl and flowed off the rock ledge like a wrathful waterfall.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, quote from Moon Rising

“What?” Kinkajou asked. “What? What? WHAT?”
― Tui T. Sutherland, quote from Moon Rising

“Everyone stop moving!” he bellowed. “Especially you, chickens! CHICKENS, GIVE UP! WE’RE GOING TO EAT YOU! THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT! STOP RUNNING AWAY RIGHT NOW!” “SQUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWK!” the chickens shrilled back.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, quote from Moon Rising

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