Margaret Peterson Haddix Quotes
Governments will rise, and governments will fall, and man will do evil to man, and all we can do is turn our hearts to good.
I loved to read when I was a kid, and as soon as I realized that an actual person got to make up the books I loved so much, I decided that that was the job for me.
Maybe everyone is just waiting for someone else to save them.
That porch is a happy-looking place, and my father - burdened, stoop-shouldered, cadaverously thin - doesn't seem to belong on it.
I like the fact that kids are willing to be imaginative and go along with me when I'm telling strange tales.
I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people you hate. But you must still dare to love. The rewards are worth far more than the risks.
There's something about each of my books that I'm really proud of, and there's something about each of my books that I cringe over.
He made time travel sound almost like hide-and-seek or capture the flag or some other spylike game--only with higher stakes and greater consequences.
We will not be stupid girls. We will not be powerless girls. We will not be useless girls
But it’d be nice to have someone who cared about me, someone I could talk toabout anything, someone who’d tell me I was really special.
At times like this, Eryn didn't feel like they were just twins. They were teammates. They were partners. They were two halves of the same brain.
But, really, are there any guys out there who aren’t jerks? I don’t even know any grown-up men who aren’t jerks.
I was there laughing and joking with everyone else, but it’s like there was some part of mestanding back, watching, thinking, “Is this as good as it gets?
But things are so bad, I feel like I’m going to explode if I don’t do something.
Why didn't you tell me that evil could be so lighthearted?
I start to think, 'It's awful being too poor to even buy my own dress for homecoming.' But that's instantly swept away by another thought: 'I'm so lucky that someone cates enough to loan me a dress.
It’s like I’d been walking a tightrope with a big safety net underneath me, but I never really thought about the net until someone took it away. And then every single step scared me to death.
Why did everyone like that story so much when it wasn't true? Why was everyone so eager to believe it? Was it because, in real life, ever after's generally stink?
Ah, but is any history really all that ancient?' Second asked. 'Doesn't every moment from the past affect the present?' This man was more annoying than any history teacher Jordan had ever had.
...is any history really all that ancient?...Doesn't every moment from the past affect the present?
