Kathryn Lasky Quotes

The Eagle, he was lord above

If I were an animal, I would be an eagle.

I am a Hawk!

Nobody can stay in front of me, plus I'm strong, so I can get to the hole and finish at the same time.

Eagles fly where lesser birds cannot fly, so eagles can do what lesser birds cannot do.

Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.

I am Eagle! I am Eagle!

I want to be what I've always wanted to be: dominant.

You are the strongest and the others keep their distance. It is no longer necessary to win victories over them.

In my life, I wanted to feel tall. I wanted to be somebody. I wanted to be tall as the Sears Tower. I wanted to be on top of the Sears Tower. I wanted to be as strong as the Sears Tower feels.

I'm the Eagle: I can fly.

I haven't just got a fight IQ - and I'm clever. I've got that power. I've got that movement. I've got that timing.

You can't out-wrestle me. You can't out-strike me. You don't have more power than me.

There's nobody at welterweight I didn't face that I wasn't stronger than. I didn't face anybody that I didn't feel I couldn't outpower.

There isn't a featherweight who can beat me.

I was always pretty much the biggest running back on the field at any given time.

I showed I'm an elite fighter.

He is strong, and lithe, and certain. And he is mine.

All invincible and stuff

The eagle suffers little birds to sing.

I am the hawk and there's blood in my feathers, but time is still turning they soon will be dry. And all those who see me and all who believe in me, share in the freedom I feel when I fly.

I'm a powerful S.O.B., you know that?

Go strip off your clothes that are a nuisance in this mellow clime. Get in and wrestle with the sea; wing your heels with the skill and power that reside in you, hit the sea's breakers, master them, and ride upon their backs as a king should.

As they spread out their blankets, Saphira commented with satisfaction, We are becoming more powerful, Eragon, both of us. Soon no one will be able to stand in our way. Yes, but which way shall we choose? Whichever one we want, she said smugly, settling down for the night.

Genies rarely have nightmares, for the same reason that elephants don't usually worry about being trampled underfoot. With the possible exception of bottles, there's nothing in the cosmos large enough or malicious enough to frighten them, or stupid enough to try.