I know everything, you see, ' the old voice wheedled. 'The beginning, the present, the end. Everything. You now, you see the past and the present, like other low creatures: no higher faculties than memory and perception. But dragons, my boy, have a whole different kind of mind.' He stretched his mouth in a kind of smile, no trace of pleasure in it. 'We are from the mountaintop: all time, all space. We see in one instant the passionate vision and the blowout. . John Gardner
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This quote is quite interesting. The old man sees everything, past, present, future. He is aware of the beginning, the present and the end of time. He has a different kind of mind that other people have.

He can see things in one instant that other people have to see over a long period of time. Furthermore, he can see blowouts as well as passionate visions. blowout is something which is really bad thing.

Source: Grendel

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