Kathryn Lasky Quotes

I am ashamed of anyone who has eyes and still can't see.

Flutter like a hummingbird, Dive like an eagle, Ain't no bird that's my equal. - Twilight

A legend, Kludd, is a story that you begin to feel in your gizzard and then over time it becomes true in your heart. And perhaps makes you become a better owl.

Whether you are a twelve-year-old princess or a twelve-year-old regular kid, you need to know you are loved and respected.

Legends were not only for the desperate. Legends were for the brave. (Soren)

Cycling, cycling forever bear, wolf, caribou. When had it all started, where will it end? We are all part of one, from such simple beginnings and yet all so different. Yet one. One and again.

One creature's truth is another's lie. (Scroom of Strix Struma)

A spark can become a flame, a flame a fire.

To find one's special quality One must lead a life of deep humility. To serve in this way Never question but obey Is the blessing of St Aggie's charity. - The owls of St. Aegolius

I think the Lewis and Clark Expedition was the greatest undertaking in American History. I think landing a man on the moon pales next to it.

Dreams weigh nothing. - Marie Antoinette

Otulissa swelled up to twice her normal size. 'Well, SPRINK ON YOUR SPRONK!

Thinking - in particular abstract thinking, which most of us are introduced to through the study of mathematics and literature - helps us learn that we can become problem solvers.

Glad to eat ya', I mean meet ya'" - Digger

Far away if first black, But it shall be back Over field Over flower In the twilight hour. We are home in our tree. We are owls, we are free. As we go, this we know Glaux is nigh.

What are emotions exactly?' Lutta asked. 'Silly feelings that get in the way of actions.

The tail of the comet slashed the dawn and in the red light of the rising sun, for a brief instant, it seemed as if the comet was bleeding across the sky.

Words, as you well know, can be powerful. - Digger

Blood hardly defines one's character. We are made by our actions, not our blood. - Soren

He didn't know what he wanted. He only knew what he didn't want.

I believe that reading widely is the best preparation for writing.

Our lives are just spectacles. We are like dolls, in a sense, to be observed and played with - often with cruel and deceitful intentions - in an unreal world.

To me, the most important thing is to tell a good story. If I can do that, I think that enlightenment, respect of nature, etc. follows.

I will go to the Ring of Sacred Volcanoes, but I shall go not as a member of the MacHeath clan — no, I shall go as a free runner. I reject you. I deny you, I refuse and repudiate you as my clan.

This morning I was ten years old. Tonight I am older than the stars.

Cycling, cycling forever bear, wolf, caribou.When had it all started, where will it end?We are all part of one, from such simple beginnings and yet all so different.Yet one.One and again.

We are only as noble as our actions prove us to be.

Are you scared of going in to see the raghnaid [the council]?” asked a gray female pup. “Are you cag mag [crazy]? If a bear was his Milk Giver, you think he’s scared of the raghnaid?