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One creature's truth is another's lie. (Scroom of Strix Struma) (Kathryn Lasky)
Blood hardly defines one's character. We are made by our actions, not our blood. - Soren. View quote
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I am ashamed of anyone who has eyes and still can't see. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Legends were not only for the desperate. Legends were for the brave. (Soren) View quote
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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. View quote
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Dreams weigh nothing. - Marie Antoinette. View quote
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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. View quote
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Flutter like a hummingbird, Dive like an eagle, Ain't no bird that's my equal. - Twilight. View quote
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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. - Bubo. (Kathryn Lasky)
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 but true ones, their purpose was to right all wrongs, to make strong the weak, mend the broken, vanquish the proud, and make powerless those who abused the frail. With hearts sublime they would take flight... View quote
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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 difference, Gylfie, between almost and enough." View quote
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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. View quote
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I believe that reading widely is the best preparation for writing. View quote
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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. View quote
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Never in a million years would I want to live at Versailles with Marie Antoinette or anybody else. I hate to tell you this but I did not even like visiting Versailles. I found it just too ornate. It was like a complete diet of cotton candy, marzipan, and whipped cream. View quote
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I was actually very hesitant to write about Marie Antoinette. She seemed at first glance - well, I cannot think of any other term - an airhead of the first degree. View quote
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They did not hear Grimble, as he lay dying, chant in the true voice of the Boreal Owl, in tones like chimes in the night, an ancient owl prayer. View quote
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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 heard of that place, but isn't it just a story, a legend?" "To some it might be," Twilight said, and blinked at the eagle. But not to owls, thought Soren. To owls, he thought, it is a real place. View quote
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"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. (Kathryn Lasky)
You can do it! You believe! Feel it in your gizzard. You are a creature of flight. Fly, my children. Fly! View quote
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"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 how it had happened, and he felt a mixture of dread and shame creep through him. He felt something terrible deep in his gizzard. View quote
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I have redeemed myself by giving belief to the wings of the young. Blessed are those who believe, for indeed they shall fly. View quote
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Oh, if only I were perfectly moon blinked [hypnotized]. If only I were... View quote
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