Best Margaret Haddix Quotes
- I rise up on my tiptoes. He's already bending his head down, moving his lips toward mine. And then, well, I haven't exactly studied this,… Bending
- I wish, peevishly, that he didn't know anything about how soldiers sleep, how they protect their fellow soldiers. It would be nicer if I could… Cloaks
- 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. All
- And yet, I felt a surge of exhilaration just thinking about that night. Not just because I'd met the prince and fallen in love and… All
- The sudden silence is horrifying, and it seems to catch my mother off guard. A tiny whimper escapes her, the sound amplified in the stillness.… Amplified
- A thousand times today I've started to open my mouth, started to squeak out, "Can you tell me...? But then I'd look into the front… Abusive
- That porch is a happy-looking place, and my father - burdened, stoop-shouldered, cadaverously thin - doesn't seem to belong on it. Belong
- Oh, Myr," he chokes out. "I hate having to ask this of you..." He glances towards the car again, and I crouch down in the… Arm
- Unlike my mother, my father does not cry quietly. His wails roll out like a wave of pain, and I scramble to roll up my… Bear
- He looked at the piles of food again, and it was like he was seeing it with new eyes. "This is wrong", he thought, "Letting… Breathed
- I like to know what I'm celebrating before I put on a party hat. Celebrate
- 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… Broken
- There's hope around the corner. Corner
- I don't know what you two are up to," Hobart said. "But you be careful now, you hear? Don't do anything I wouldn't do." "Well… Careful
- And Nedley started saying,'Shut Up!Quit that! And i knew it really meant something to him. So I asked for his help,"Mark said. "Don't tell the… Asked
- Hope doesn't mean anything. ... Action's the only thing that counts. Action
- The Government justifies keeping everyone else in poverty because people seem to work the hardest when they're right on the edge of survival. Edge
- ...it’d be like looking for a needle in a burning haystack.' 'Oh, I’ve done that,' Mark said airily. 'It’s a game we used to play,… Airily
- A ssure you, the more I travel through time, the more I witness, the more I realize that there are things that are both strange… Beyond
- There is nothing more valuable than the printed word. Inspirational
- After I've sent my revised draft to my agent and editor, they suggest more improvement sand again, this revision phase can take anywhere from a… Agent
- Eventually the bad stuff I'm writing turns into better stuff. Other times, I've just walked away from what I was working on, and figured I'd… Bad