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Dragonflight

 Author: Anne McCaffrey  Category: Fantasy  Published: July 1, 1968  Language: English  File Size: 2.8 MB  Tags: Adventure | Dragons | Fantasy | Romance | Science fiction | Time Travel |  Download PDF
 Description:

Theme:

Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey, explores the theme of Faith and Belief.

Summary:

It follows the story of Lessa, a young woman with a telepathic bond to dragons. Set in the world of Pern, it is a tale of courage, adventure, and the fight against an ancient enemy.

Famous Quotes:

  • A dragon is not a slave.
  • Dragons are fire made flesh.
  • Power resides where men believe it resides.
  • Fear cuts deeper than swords.
  • A lion does not concern himself with the opinion of sheep.
  • The things I do for love.
  • Winter is coming.
  • A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone.
  • When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die.
  • The night is dark and full of terrors.
  • I drink and I know things.
  • Every flight begins with a fall.
  • Words are wind.
  • Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.
  • Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor, and it can never be used to hurt you.
  • The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.
  • The things I do for my family.
  • Any man who must say ‘I am the king’ is no true king.
  • What is dead may never die, but rises again, harder and stronger.
  • Love is the death of duty.
  • The night is long and full of errors.
  • A lion does not concern himself with the opinion of sheep.
  • What do we say to the God of Death? Not today.
  • A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone.

Literary awards:

  • Margaret A. Edwards Award (1999)

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