Quotes from Mary Pope Osborne

Hurry! Go! Go!" Jack called to Morning

Zeus Zeus was god of the skies and ruler of all the Greek gods and goddesses. Zeus and his family were called Olympians because they lived on top of a mountain called Mount Olympus. The major Greek gods and goddesses were later adopted by the Romans. Zeus was called Jupiter by the Romans.

Jack put the card with the glowing letters ML on it into his backpack. "I'm ready," he said.

Jack and Annie went quietly down the stairs. Then they slipped out the door into the chilly, damp night.

Jack shivered. He wiped raindrops off his glasses.

This flying reptile lived in the Cretaceous period. It vanished 65 million years ago.

What kind of spell do you think Teddy is under?" said Annie. "Who knows?" said Jack.

I'm the color of gold and as sweet as can be. But beware of the danger that's all around me. What am I?

I wish to work miracles. - from the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci

Don't get too close to

Yeah. Like ordinary things seem more special.

P9 Remember the three rules of the wand said Kathleen. Sure, said Annie. You can only use it for the good of others. You can only use it after you've tried your hardest. And you can only use it with a command of five words.

Books were more valuable to him than gold.

I get ideas for my paintings from everything! I look at a watermark on a wall and see an old woman's face. I look at a food stain on my tablecloth and see a horse! I study rain puddles and rocks and see oceans and mountains! (p.36)

Just then, a shout came from the lookouts' nest: "Iceberg ahead!" Jack and Annie turned back to the window—just in time to see a huge iceberg looming out of the sea. The iceberg was dark with a fringe of

People think I am trying to keep my ideas a secret, said Leonardo. But, in truth, I am left-handed, and when I write normally from left to right, I smear ink across the page. One day I realized that if I wrote backward, I would not be so messy. (p. 62)

Jack felt a jolt. Then he heard a grinding sound. The ship was scraping against the mountain of ice.

a great artist has to combine observation with imagination. (p. 78)

He charged down the hill. He leaped to his

Everything can change in an instant.

Perhaps some things should remain mysteries and are better kept in our hearts. We should not try to explain them. (p. 86)

Jack threw his stuff into his knapsack. He put it on and climbed out the window.

We must do what we do to satisfy our own hearts... (p. 87)

I know," she said. "Sadly, we have only bits and pieces of many wonderful old stories." "What's the story about?" asked Annie. "It's an ancient Irish tale about a great serpent named Sarph," said Morgan.