"The soldier had stamped my passport FAMILY in……" — Meg Rosoff
"The soldier had stamped my passport FAMILY in heavy black capital letters and I checked it now for reassurance and because I liked how fierce the word looked"
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66 Quotes by Meg Rosoff
Meg Rosoff has 66 quotes on this site.
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My daughter is a fantastic travelling companion - she's totally organised, whereas I'm hopeless.
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If you have the patience to wait and watch, history will reshape truth (weakest of all forces, and weightless) in…
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Accept love instinctively, without responsibility or conditions.
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When you read a book, the neurons in your brain fire overtime, deciding what the characters are wearing, how they're…
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The imagination can be dangerous. It can change the world. And that is why we write.
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I, a late riser, fantasise about getting up every morning at 5 A.M. to fetch the horses in from the…
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I've noticed that the magic getting along with someone isn't really magic. If you break it down, you can see…
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I'd like to think life has improved since 1850, despite the long hours we all seem to spend slaving over…
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Your writing voice is the deepest possible reflection of who you are. The job of your voice is not to…
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Life is absolutely horrific, leading up to absolute horror.
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While working in advertising, I channelled my creative energy into elaborate escape fantasies: cake making, dog breeding, the Peace Corps.
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I didn't seem to have that effect on anyone but it would have been a waste for both of us…
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