"The sudden silence is horrifying, and it seems……" — Margaret Haddix
"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. Surely, my father hears her now; surely he and I can't go on pretending she isn't crying."
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Margaret Haddix
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47 Quotes by Margaret Haddix
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It's just so much fun to make up characters, situations, and everything else about a story. I have so much…
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When writing isn't going well-then the bad thing about being a writer is that I also have the freedom and…
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Amazing, Yetta thought. Back home I couldn't have chosen my own husband. And here I'm thinking about choosing presidents, governors,…
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Fail big if you have to, but go down trying.
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I started trying to write when I was in second or third grade.
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I like playing around with the words; I love it when I feel like I've picked the exact right word…
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I write a book over a period of months or years, and when I'm done with it, usually another year…
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I think I learned a lot from reading in general - even from reading badly written books.
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I loved to read when I was a kid, and as soon as I realized that an actual person got…
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Generally I finish a first draft in 2-6 months, then I set it aside for a while so that when…
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I like the fact that kids are willing to be imaginative and go along with me when I'm telling strange…
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I was lucky enough not to face any required summer reading lists until I went to college. So I still…
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