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> [It's true: Everyone needs a reason to stay alive -- someone who justifies your existence. Someone who loves you. Not beyond all reason. Just loves you. Even just shows an interest. Even someone who doesn't exist, or isn't yours. No,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-mccaughrean/it-s-true-everyone-needs-a-reason-to-stay-alive-someone-who-justifies/)

[Geraldine McCaughrean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-mccaughrean/)

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## More by Geraldine McCaughrean

> [ \[Peter Pan\] has never broken his terrible habit of eavesdropping. So, maybe that wasn't the rustle of pages you heard while this story lasted,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-mccaughrean/peter-pan-has-never-broken-his-terrible-habit-of-eavesdropping-so/)

[Geraldine McCaughrean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-mccaughrean/)

> [“Why don't you come with me?" "Why? Where are you going?" "Home. I've had enough. I hate England." "Hate England?" It was too much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-mccaughrean/why-don-t-you-come-with-me-why-where-are-you-going-home-i-ve-had/)

[Geraldine McCaughrean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-mccaughrean/)

> [There are things roaming around inside my head as clever as Theseus in the Labyrinth. It's just that nobody ever gave them the necessary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-mccaughrean/there-are-things-roaming-around-inside-my-head-as-clever-as-theseus/)

[Geraldine McCaughrean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-mccaughrean/)

> [“Every crime like this needs someone like me to look away and say nothing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-mccaughrean/every-crime-like-this-needs-someone-like-me-to-look-away-and-say/)

[Geraldine McCaughrean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-mccaughrean/)

> [“Not everyone can be rich,' Peter went on. 'Not everyone can be strong or clever. Not everyone can be beautiful. But we can ALL…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-mccaughrean/not-everyone-can-be-rich-peter-went-on-not-everyone-can-be-strong-or/)

[Geraldine McCaughrean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-mccaughrean/)

> [“But I refuse to say. Because I love him, and you'd give anything, wouldn't you? You'd give anything for someone you love not to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-mccaughrean/but-i-refuse-to-say-because-i-love-him-and-you-d-give-anything-wouldn/)

[Geraldine McCaughrean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-mccaughrean/)

> [“That's how it's done, you see. It's the same way people get horses out of burning buildings. When the whole world's on fire around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-mccaughrean/that-s-how-it-s-done-you-see-it-s-the-same-way-people-get-horses-out/)

[Geraldine McCaughrean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-mccaughrean/)

> [“Like everything perfect, he set up a ferocious pain inside me -- a flickering, griping sort of pain, because nothing as marvelous as that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-mccaughrean/like-everything-perfect-he-set-up-a-ferocious-pain-inside-me-a/)

[Geraldine McCaughrean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-mccaughrean/)

> [“When Titus speaks, I can hear every word. For me, that's like when the optician slides home the right lens and all the e's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-mccaughrean/when-titus-speaks-i-can-hear-every-word-for-me-that-s-like-when-the/)

[Geraldine McCaughrean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-mccaughrean/)

> [He is everything, everything, everything I ever admired and wanted and couldn't have. He is everything I needed and couldn't find in real life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-mccaughrean/he-is-everything-everything-everything-i-ever-admired-and-wanted-and/)

[Geraldine McCaughrean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-mccaughrean/)

> [“His heart cannoned like a billiard ball off some green wall of his innards.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-mccaughrean/his-heart-cannoned-like-a-billiard-ball-off-some-green-wall-of-his/)

[Geraldine McCaughrean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-mccaughrean/)

> [If you want to please me very much, you will fall down when I shoot you," -Oates The White Darkness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-mccaughrean/if-you-want-to-please-me-very-much-you-will-fall-down-when-i-shoot/)

[Geraldine McCaughrean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-mccaughrean/)

> [“Despite appearances, Sym, Love is not a four-letter word.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-mccaughrean/despite-appearances-sym-love-is-not-a-four-letter-word/)

[Geraldine McCaughrean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-mccaughrean/)

> [“The fictional exploits of buccaneering men had lost their magic for him. Besides, there were other pirates on view in Tilbury that spring. One,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-mccaughrean/the-fictional-exploits-of-buccaneering-men-had-lost-their-magic-for/)

[Geraldine McCaughrean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-mccaughrean/)

> [“Don't struggle too hard to understand people, Sym. They're hideously complicated. Unhappy people do the oddest, most terrible things, just trying to keep despair…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-mccaughrean/don-t-struggle-too-hard-to-understand-people-sym-they-re-hideously/)

[Geraldine McCaughrean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-mccaughrean/)

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