I didn't see the little old lady again after that. No one mentioned her. It was as though she never existed.”
-- Alex (1 )

Importance: This is the opening scene from Alex's perspective. It is one of many examples of the fact that speaking of dragons is forbidden in general society.

All women are magic. Literally all of us. It's in our nature.”
-- Marla (4 )

Importance: Marla is explaining the power of women to Alex in front of her husband and George. Alex holds onto this idea, though she sometimes wonders if there is some reason that she has no desire to become a dragon.

There were eyewitnesses, photographic evidence, utterly destroyed homes and businesses, and no fewer than 1,246 confirmed cases of philandering husbands extracted from the embrace of their mistresses and devoured on the spot, in view of astonished onlookers.”
-- Alex (6 )

Importance: Alex is citing the scope of the Mass Dragoning of 1955. She notes that there are no...