Quotes by Kathryn Lasky

“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.”

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

“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.”

“Very possible! Possible, indeed. Maybe even probable, which, as you know if you study your arithmetic,can happen more often than possible. In other words, probable is more possible than possible. -...”

“You just hatched out two weeks ago. Kludd turned to Soren, his younger brother. What do you know about sisters?Maybe, Soren thought to himself, they would be better than brothers.”

“Once upon a very long time ago, in the time of Glaux, there was an order of knightly owls, from a kingdom called Ga'Hoole, who would rise up each night and perform noble deeds. They spoke no words ...”

“I don't really know what happened. I just fell out of the nest. But the second Soren said those words he felt a weird queasiness. He almost knew. He just couldn't quite remember, but he almost knew...”

“Gylfie felt that the moment was right. You are the last owl in the world that I would ever say lacked humility, 12-8. You are for my friend and myself a perfect example of humility. You are beyond ...”

“Bye-bye, Auntie cooed, and waved a tattered wing. Bye-bye, 12-8, you fool!”

“Gylfie looked at Soren gravely. That is why we must learn how to fly before the next newing.But I won't be ready. I won't have enough feathers, Soren said.Almost, though.Almost? There's a differenc...”

“Oh, if only I were perfectly moon blinked [hypnotized]. If only I were...”

“You can do it! You believe! Feel it in your gizzard. You are a creature of flight. Fly, my children. Fly!”

“I have redeemed myself by giving belief to the wings of the young. Blessed are those who believe, for indeed they shall fly.”

“[After discovering Soren's former home is abandoned] Then Twilight spoke, Soren, they're gone. Maybe something happened to them. You shouldn't take it personally. Buck up now, old buddy.Personally?...”

“Gylfie turned to Digger and spoke, Come with us, Digger.But where is it you're going? he asked.To the Great Ga'Hoole Tree.What? said Digger, but before Twilight could answer, Streak broke in. I've ...”