I was not a natural. . . . This is the story of becoming . . . the Hard Way.

The thing about grown ups is that they're always wanting you to be this Great Hero and Leader. What's wrong with being NORMAL, for Thor's sake? What's wrong with just being SO-SO at stuff? They're just totally unrealistic.

But how can we know that dragons did not exist? We have never actually BEEN to the Dark Ages.

For a Hero cannot triumph all the time. Sometimes he will be defeated, and how he faces that defeat is a test of his character.

I was not a natural. . . . This is the story of becoming . . . the Hard Way.

The past is another land, and we cannot go to visit. So, if I say there were dragons, and men who rode upon their backs, who alive has been there and can tell me that I'm wrong?

That is a terrible plan." "Hiccup's plans are always t-terrible." "Hey! You're still here, aren't you?