--- title: "3 Finn Quotes By Meg Rosoff" description: "3 Finn quotes by Meg Rosoff. Plus more from Meg Rosoff and more Finn sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e18/meg-rosoff-2050_human-emotions_trying-to-think-inside-finn-s-head-was-l_1653212.jpg" --- > [“Trying to think inside Finn's head was like committing what our English master called Pathetic Fallacy, the attribution of human emotions to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-rosoff/trying-to-think-inside-finn-s-head-was-like-committing-what-our/) [Meg Rosoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-rosoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e18/meg-rosoff-2050_human-emotions_trying-to-think-inside-finn-s-head-was-l_1653212.jpg) > [it was love, of course, though I didn't know it then and Finn was both its subject and object. He accepted love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-rosoff/it-was-love-of-course-though-i-didn-t-know-it-then-and-finn-was-both/) [Meg Rosoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-rosoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc7/meg-rosoff-2050_accepted_it-was-love-of-course-though-i-didn-t-kn_1688041.jpg) > [“I studied Finn the way another boy might have studied history, determined to memorize his vocabulary, his movements, his clothes, what he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-rosoff/i-studied-finn-the-way-another-boy-might-have-studied-history/) [Meg Rosoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-rosoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77d/meg-rosoff-2050_finn_i-studied-finn-the-way-another-boy-might_2429615.jpg) ## Other authors on Finn ## More by Meg Rosoff > [“Maybe he's lonely, she said, and I just looked at her wondering if she expected me to open a Home for the Socially Challenged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-rosoff/maybe-he-s-lonely-she-said-and-i-just-looked-at-her-wondering-if-she/) [Meg Rosoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-rosoff/) > [I loved horses and horse books as a child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-rosoff/i-loved-horses-and-horse-books-as-a-child/) [Meg Rosoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-rosoff/) > [“Time erodes us all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-rosoff/time-erodes-us-all/) [Meg Rosoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-rosoff/) > [I noticed that once you realize someone's watching you it's pretty hard not to find yourself watching them back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-rosoff/i-noticed-that-once-you-realize-someone-s-watching-you-it-s-pretty/) [Meg Rosoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-rosoff/) > [Teenagers are very dark, I think. That's all the goth and emo stuff. They're experiencing a lot of stuff that adults experience, but in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-rosoff/teenagers-are-very-dark-i-think-that-s-all-the-goth-and-emo-stuff/) [Meg Rosoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-rosoff/) > [“Minden háború történetének van fordulópontja, és minden emberének is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-rosoff/minden-h-bor-t-rt-net-nek-van-fordul-pontja-s-minden-ember-nek-is/) [Meg Rosoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-rosoff/) > [She frowned at him. 'You are in love with solitude.' 'Is there a better cure for the world than solitude?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-rosoff/she-frowned-at-him-you-are-in-love-with-solitude-is-there-a-better/) [Meg Rosoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-rosoff/) > [“He was a peculiar sight. Tears rolling down his face, shouting to drown the sound of the singing rabbit; he said he needed help,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-rosoff/he-was-a-peculiar-sight-tears-rolling-down-his-face-shouting-to-drown/) [Meg Rosoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-rosoff/) > [I love you. I'm madly in love with you. Well, madly obviously, given I'm mad as a mudlark. But you saved my life. I'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-rosoff/i-love-you-i-m-madly-in-love-with-you-well-madly-obviously-given-i-m/) [Meg Rosoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-rosoff/) > [Although I've lived in England for more than twenty years, I still have a foreigner's passion for all the details of English history and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-rosoff/although-i-ve-lived-in-england-for-more-than-twenty-years-i-still/) [Meg Rosoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-rosoff/) > [My daughter is a fantastic travelling companion - she's totally organised, whereas I'm hopeless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-rosoff/my-daughter-is-a-fantastic-travelling-companion-she-s-totally/) [Meg Rosoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-rosoff/) > [I'm constantly snatching my books out of the hands of precocious ten-year-olds who are simply too young to read them, despite parents insisting that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-rosoff/i-m-constantly-snatching-my-books-out-of-the-hands-of-precocious-ten/) [Meg Rosoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-rosoff/) > [“What else? A handful of hard white sugar lumps from the supply for the master's table. Sugar and cake and blood and pork. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-rosoff/what-else-a-handful-of-hard-white-sugar-lumps-from-the-supply-for-the/) [Meg Rosoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-rosoff/) > [“Maybe we shouldn't be living this way, without grass and trees, and ducks, always under pressure, always trying to catch up, never enough time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-rosoff/maybe-we-shouldn-t-be-living-this-way-without-grass-and-trees-and/) [Meg Rosoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-rosoff/) > [“Things Happen and once they start happening you pretty much just have to hold on for dear life and see where they drop you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-rosoff/things-happen-and-once-they-start-happening-you-pretty-much-just-have/) [Meg Rosoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-rosoff/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/finn/meg-rosoff/#itemlist", "name": "3 Finn Quotes By Meg Rosoff", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Trying to think inside Finn's head was like committing what our English master called Pathetic Fallacy, the attribution of human emotions to boulders or trees.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Meg Rosoff" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-rosoff/trying-to-think-inside-finn-s-head-was-like-committing-what-our/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e18/meg-rosoff-2050_human-emotions_trying-to-think-inside-finn-s-head-was-l_1653212.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e18/meg-rosoff-2050_human-emotions_trying-to-think-inside-finn-s-head-was-l_1653212.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e18/meg-rosoff-2050_human-emotions_trying-to-think-inside-finn-s-head-was-l_1653212.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Trying to think inside Finn's head was like committing what our English master called Pathetic Fallacy, the…” — Meg Rosoff", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "it was love, of course, though I didn't know it then and Finn was both its subject and object. 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