Kathryn Lasky

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

— Kathryn Lasky

“and die, die without anyone ever knowing.”

— Kathryn Lasky

“the sun burnt my little day old eyes”

— Kathryn Lasky

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

— Kathryn Lasky

Dreams weigh nothing. - Marie Antoinette

— Kathryn Lasky

“Courage... is fear holding on just a bit longer.”

— Kathryn Lasky

“And if you can't imagine, nothing will ever happen.”

— Kathryn Lasky

I feel I was always daydreaming, and I was always distracted.

— Kathryn Lasky

I loved to read, and if I could've been a professional reader, that's probably what I would've wanted to be!

— Kathryn Lasky

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

— Kathryn Lasky

“No one really does know how to have fun here at all. It is all etiquette.”

— Kathryn Lasky

“congregations of owls seemed to be below, along with a hollow that was called a kitchen, from”

— Kathryn Lasky

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

— Kathryn Lasky

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

— Kathryn Lasky

“T is not faces, not color, not appearnces that matter. - Soren”

— Kathryn Lasky

I treat all my characters as if they were real, and I am scrupulous about the details of their lives.

— Kathryn Lasky

In our community here in Boston, we have had a tremendous influx of Russian Jews and Haitians. We call these people immigrants.…

— Kathryn Lasky

I love thinking of movie stars who could play the characters in the books I write. I think Charlize Theron would make…

— Kathryn Lasky

“One of the vilest secrets of the MacHeaths was that they would purposely maim young pups, hoping to gain a place in…

— Kathryn Lasky

I was actually very hesitant to write about Marie Antoinette. She seemed at first glance - well, I cannot think of any…

— Kathryn Lasky

“Set your wings upon the sea wind Set your eyes upon the stream Feel the billow of the updraft And believe in…

— Kathryn Lasky

Our lives are just spectacles. We are like dolls, in a sense, to be observed and played with - often with cruel…

— Kathryn Lasky

“So in that dark and tangled night, the chaw of chaws rose to flight, with talons bloodied, feathers singed. A battle won…

— Kathryn Lasky

She told them simply and directly that the meadow was a place of peace and beauty, where indeed if one came to…

— Kathryn Lasky

“Did Soren agree to be part of a system to protect Skench and Spoorn and the others?" Barren, the other Snowy monarch,…

— Kathryn Lasky

“It dawned on her in that moment that what she had loved so much when she heard the harp’s music and then…

— Kathryn Lasky

You must not think of time as a quantity, a period, a measure. Look at the sky," Gwynneth said. "The moon has…

— Kathryn Lasky

“You are a mask.You are nothing more!There is nothing behind your mask,not a face,nothing!I shall fly in the fullness of the night.Under…

— Kathryn Lasky

I think Sacajawea was caught in a series of tragic situations - her kidnapping as a child, her being passed from tribe…

— Kathryn Lasky

“The time has come, The claws are passed. An old owl rests, A die’s been cast. It is a war for heart,…

— Kathryn Lasky

Come to us and quackle and quank. Relieve us of our stirrings With your fangs so sharp and bright Take this blood…

— Kathryn Lasky

“The path is a ribbon of moonlight across a dusky sea. The wind sings a song that beckons us To that great…

— Kathryn Lasky

“At the edge of the avalanche At the glacier’s icy rim Grows the flower of the snowfields Trembling in the wintry wind.…

— Kathryn Lasky

Give me a hot coal glowing bright red, Give me an ember sizzling with heat, These are the jewels made from my…

— Kathryn Lasky

“It has been a week since Ami died and this morning I woke suddenly hours before dawn, indeed the same hour as…

— Kathryn Lasky

“I am a Guardian of Ga’Hoole. From this night on I dedicate my life to the protection of owlkind. I shall not…

— Kathryn Lasky

“Soren had been at the Great Ga’Hoole Tree for almost a month,”

— Kathryn Lasky

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

— Kathryn Lasky

“I'll say whatever I want. I'm not a book. You can't burn me!”

— Kathryn Lasky

“was regaining his strength now on a fairly steady diet”

— Kathryn Lasky