"General, may I take a nap? General, I need a papaya! General, my claws are tired! General, look, a butterfly! SOMEBODY IS GETTING STABBED IN THE FACE IF YOU DON'T SHUT UP." Tsunami, Wings of Fire: The Dark Secret by Tui T Sutherland.



"That's right," she said. "DIE, you little monster plants. May your roots always be thirsty and your seeds all meet a fiery death until you're extinct forever! I HATE you!" - Peril, Wings Of Fire: Escaping Peril by Tui T Sutherland.



"Everyone should suddenly have the air turn into seven bright purple dragons yelling hysterically whenever she gets attacked." - Tsunami, Wings Of Fire: The Dark Secret by Tui T Sutherland.



"You can be the idea dragon and I can be the WHAM BAM SHOVE A PINEAPPLE UP HIS SNOUT dragon!" - Kinkajou, Wings of Fire: Talons Of Power by Tui T Sutherland.



Are trees sentient? Do they understand what is happening around them? Can they communicate? If they are sentient, what do they think of the world? Are they angry so many trees have been cut down and replaced with hard stone? Or can they not feel emotions? Trees seem very peaceful. Could they go to war? Would they think it useful or even necessary? What is the point of battles? Why should killing resolve anything? 

What is life? What defines life? How are we sentient? Why do we live? How do we live? What is the purpose of the universe, if it has one? Do we just... exist? What is existance?

The world is different to each person depending on how we percieve it. Trees and sheep would percieve it differently.

How can we say that a being is less intelligent than us without first being inside its head? How would we be inside its head?

Why do birds call to each other? Are they having a private debate no human could possibly understand? What would it be like to be a bird? I think the world would seem a lot smaller. What are thoughts; how and why do we have them?