Kathryn Lasky Quotes

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

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Eye, Shame, Ashamed

Kathryn Lasky (2016). “The Journey (Guardians of Ga’Hoole, Book 2)”, p.22, HarperCollins UK

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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.

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Heart, Owl, Stories

Kathryn Lasky (2010). “Guardians of Ga'Hoole Collection: Legend of the Guardians”, p.24, Scholastic Inc.

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

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Twilight, Eagles, Bird

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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.

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Thinking, Important, Enlightenment

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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.

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Simple, Cycling, Forever

Kathryn Lasky (2011). “Wolves of the Beyond”, p.99, Scholastic Inc.

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Night is done, gone the moon, gone the stars From the skies. Fades the black of night Comes the morn with rosy light. Fold your wings, go to sleep, Rest your gizzards, Safe you'll be for the day. Glaux is nigh. Far away is first black, But it shall seep 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.

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Stars, Flower, Twilight

Kathryn Lasky (2010). “Guardians of Ga'Hoole Collection: Legend of the Guardians”, p.218, Scholastic Inc.

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

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Fire, Flames, Sparks

Kathryn Lasky (2011). “Wolves of the Beyond”, p.19, Scholastic Inc.

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She told them simply and directly that the meadow was a place of peace and beauty, where indeed if one came to it in a quiet manner, the animals would not be disturbed; for there are lovely birds, and squirrels and field mice, and sometimes deer.

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Animal, Squirrels, Bird

Kathryn Lasky (2013). “The Royal Diaries: Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, Austria-France, 1769”, p.138, Scholastic Inc.

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You must not think of time as a quantity, a period, a measure. Look at the sky," Gwynneth said. "The moon has now slipped away to another night, into another world. It was not the time it was here that you remember, Faolan, but rather the luminescence of the air, the blue shadows cast by the trees in its light. It was not the length of the time but the quality of the moon's light that you felt and remember." Gwynneth paused. "It is the value, the quality that lives on.

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Moon, Night, Thinking

Kathryn Lasky (2011). “Wolves of the Beyond”, p.113, Scholastic Inc.

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

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Princess, Kids, Years

"An Interview with Kathryn Lasky about Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor". Interview with Richard F. Abrahamson, www.scholastic.com.

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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.

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Dolls, World, Intention

Kathryn Lasky (2013). “The Royal Diaries: Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, Austria-France, 1769”, p.182, Scholastic Inc.

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

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Believe, Reading, Writing

"An Interview with Kathryn Lasky about Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor". Interview with Richard F. Abrahamson, www.scholastic.com.

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

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Powerful, Wells, Knows

Kathryn Lasky (2010). “Guardians of Ga'Hoole #12: The Golden Tree”, p.77, Scholastic Inc.

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

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Character, Blood, Our Actions

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

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Want, Wanted, Knows

Kathryn Lasky (2010). “Guardians of Ga'Hoole #2: The Journey”, p.139, Scholastic Inc.

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

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Brave, Legends, Desperate

Kathryn Lasky (2010). “Guardians of Ga'Hoole Collection: Legend of the Guardians”, p.158, Scholastic Inc.

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

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Lying, Truth Is, Creatures

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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.

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Moon, Men, Thinking

"An Interview with Kathryn Lasky about The Journal of Augustus Pelletier: The Lewis and Clark Expedition". Interview with Richard F. Abrahamson, www.scholastic.com.

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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.

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Light, Sky, Dawn

Kathryn Lasky (2010). “Guardians of Ga'Hoole Collection: Legend of the Guardians”, p.323, Scholastic Inc.

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

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Silly, Feelings, Way

Kathryn Lasky (2010). “Guardians of Ga'Hoole #11: To Be a King”, p.119, Scholastic Inc.

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When I was growing up I loved reading historical fiction, but too often it was about males; or, if it was about females, they were girls who were going to grow up to be famous like Betsy Ross, Clara Barton, or Harriet Tubman. No one ever wrote about plain, normal, everyday girls.

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Girl, Growing Up, Reading

"Kathryn Lasky About A Journey to the New World". Interview with Richard F. Abrahamson and Linda M. Pavonetti, www.scholastic.com.

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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.

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Thinking, Literature, Helping

"An Interview With Kathryn Lasky About Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles". Interview with Richard F. Abrahamson, www.scholastic.com.

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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.

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Flower, Twilight, Home

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What gives a wriggle And makes you giggle When you eat'em? Whose weensy little feet Make my heart really beat? Why, it's those little creepy crawlies That make me feel so jolly. For the darling centipede My favorite buggy feed I always want some more. That's the insect I adore More than beetles, more than crickets, Which at times gives me the hiccups. I crave only to feed On a juicy centipede And I shall be happy forevermore." -Soren

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Heart, Feet, Giving

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What is a fleecy as a cloud, As majestic and shimmering as the breaking dawn, As gorgeous as the sun the sun is strong? Why, it's ME! Twilight, the Great Gray, Tiger of the sky --- Light of the Night, Most beautiful, An avian delight. I beam --- I gleam --- I'm a livin' flying dream. Watch me roll off this cloud and pop on back. This is flying. I ain't no hack.

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Beautiful, Dream, Strong

Kathryn Lasky (2010). “Guardians of Ga'Hoole Collection: Legend of the Guardians”, p.190, Scholastic Inc.

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