I came from a home where everybody had a book. Kathryn Lasky More Quotes by Kathryn Lasky More Quotes From Kathryn Lasky 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. It gave me the mental equivalent of one of those toothaches you get when you bite into something too sweet. Kathryn Lasky meyouhatesweet I think Sacajawea was caught in a series of tragic situations - her kidnapping as a child, her being passed from tribe to tribe, being sold into marriage. However, I never thought of her as a tragic figure. I do not think she was a victim in the way we think of tragic figures. Kathryn Lasky childthinkmarriageway I have always been fascinated by paleontology and prehistoric people, and I've always thought that one of the most intriguing moments in human history was the birth of artistic imagination. I always loved those cave paintings. Kathryn Lasky lovedimaginationhistorypeople With my husband, I have twice sailed across the Atlantic in a sailboat one third the length of the Mayflower. I know Atlantic gales inside and out. I endured one that lasted for three days with winds up to fifty knots. Kathryn Lasky insideknowthreehusband I love thinking of movie stars who could play the characters in the books I write. Kathryn Lasky starsplaylovethinking 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. Kathryn Lasky liveneveryouhate I think, first and foremost, Marie Antoinette was intellectually impoverished. She really had never been introduced to the notion of abstract thinking - of thinking at all in any profound way. Kathryn Lasky neverthinkwaythinking 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 readprofessionallovedbeen I feel I was always daydreaming, and I was always distracted. Kathryn Lasky i-feelfeelalwaysdaydreaming I always wondered what it was like to be just a normal kid growing up in trying times or during a great moment in history. Kathryn Lasky greatmomentgrowing-uphistory In our community here in Boston, we have had a tremendous influx of Russian Jews and Haitians. We call these people immigrants. But they come for the same reasons that William Bradford and William Brewster and John Carver came. Kathryn Lasky hereimmigrantscommunitypeople It is not a happy lot being a princess in any country, but especially Japan in which every tiny aspect of one's life is governed by the most rigid rules of protocol. Kathryn Lasky princesshappylifecountry In terms of the Japanese royal family, they were considered the direct descendants of a god. They are regarded as all-powerful and possessors of unimaginable wealth, and yet they are, more often than not, literally prisoners of tradition. Kathryn Lasky royaltraditionfamilygod 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. Kathryn Lasky shewellcannotthink I love thinking of movie stars who could play the characters in the books I write. I think Charlize Theron would make a lovely Marie Antoinette. Kathryn Lasky thinkstarslovethinking I did not find that writing a diary with a lead male character differed in any essential way from writing one with a female character. They all had the same challenges in terms of attempting to establish an identity, coping with loneliness, friendships, relationships. Kathryn Lasky lonelinesschallengescharacterway
