Pern Dragon Quotes

A weyr is where a dragon is, no matter how it's constructed.
~ Brekke to F'nor in Dragonquest.

Dragon kind was no less cruel than mankind. The Dragon, at least, acted from bestial need rather than bestial greed.
~ A thought by Lessa, in Dragonflight.

Green dragons are...how do I put it, kindly? Eager, loving, willing, too friendly for their own good...
~ Debera, rider of green Murath in Red Star Rising/Dragonseye

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I think we're all going to find out that being a dragon rider is not just sitting on its neck and going wherever we want to.
~ Red Star Rising

Now she knew what was needed: to fly fast, far and long, away from the Weyr, away from these puny, wingless ones, far in advance of those rutting bronzes.
~ DragonFlight

One of our main functions is to keep a dragon from excessive eating.
~ DragonFlight

The dragons could never understand why they generated such object fear in common folk.
~ DragonFlight

Dragonmen, were forever men apart once First Impression had been made. And to ride a fighting dragon, blue, green, brown, or bronze, was worth the risks, the undending alertness, the isolation from the rest of mankind.
~ DragonFlight

Were not ballads constructed to inform? To teach those who could not read and write? So that the young Pernese, whether he be Dragonman, Lord or Holder, might learn his duty toward Pern and Rehearse Pern's bright history?
~ DragonFlight

Dragonman,
dragonman,
Between thee and thine,
Share me that glimpse of love
Greater than mine.
~ Dragon Series

Honor those the dragons heed,
In though and favor, word and deed,
Worlds are lost and worlds are saved,
By those dangers dragon-braved.

Dragonman, avoid excess;
Greed will bring the Weyr distress,
To these ancient laws adhere,
Prospers thus the Dragonweyr.
~ Submitted by: Wingrider

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