Margaret Haddix Quotes

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I am not just what I remember. I am also what I dream.

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Dream, Remember

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Fail big if you have to, but go down trying.

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Trying, Failing, Bigs

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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 and wonderful, far beyond human comprehension.

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Strange, Realizing, Wonderful

Margaret Peterson Haddix (2011). “The Missing Collection by Margaret Peterson Haddix: Found; Sent; Sabotaged; Torn”, p.430, Simon and Schuster

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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.

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Fall, Heart, Men

Margaret Peterson Haddix (2010). “Among the Enemy”, p.50, Simon and Schuster

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bitter is a bad way to live!

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Way To Live, Way, Bitter

Margaret Peterson Haddix (2011). “Among the Betrayed”, p.127, Simon and Schuster

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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 seat, at my mother's silent shaking, my father's grim profile, the mournful bags under his eyes, and all the questions I might ask seemed abusive. Assault and battery, a question mark used like a club. My parents are old and fragile. I'd have to heartless to want to hurt them.

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Mother, Hurt, Fear

Margaret Peterson Haddix (2008). “Double Identity”, p.2, Simon and Schuster

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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 story like that," Nedley laughed. "What he said was 'Quit pretendin you're a bad guy I need your help, and I need it now!

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Guy, Needs, Stories

Margaret Peterson Haddix (2010). “Among the Brave”, p.169, Simon and Schuster

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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 to describe whatever it is I'm trying to describe

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Trying, Feels, Playing Around

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Hope doesn't mean anything. ... Action's the only thing that counts.

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Mean, Action

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I loved to read when I was a kid, and as soon as I realized that an actual person got to make up the books I loved so much, I decided that that was the job for me.

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Jobs, Book, Kids

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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 window. My mother cannot hear that. I cannot bear to hear it myself. I am not used to my father's crying. I've had no time to harden my heart against him.

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Mother, Pain, Father

Margaret Peterson Haddix (2008). “Double Identity”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

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Maybe everyone is just waiting for someone else to save them.

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Waiting

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"Don't let go!" he orders. Harper's hand is dry and soothing, while mine is sweaty with fear. We've never held hands before. I think about what it means in the village when boys and girls only a few years older then Harper and me wander around with their hands clasped together. They're always peering dreamily into each other's eyes, sneaking sky kisses...and soon after, there's a wedding.

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Girl, Letting Go, Mean

"Palace of Mirrors".

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I think I learned a lot from reading in general - even from reading badly written books.

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Book, Reading, Thinking

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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, mayors, laws.

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Husband, Home, Thinking

Margaret Peterson Haddix (2011). “Uprising”, p.151, Simon and Schuster

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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 goes by before I see it in print. It's hard to be patient and wait

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Book, Writing, Years

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There's hope around the corner.

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Corners, Around The Corner

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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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Mother, Father, Silence

Margaret Peterson Haddix (2008). “Double Identity”, p.3, Simon and Schuster

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...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, after we got rid of all our livestock and didn’t need our hay no more. You throw a match into the haystack, give the fire a three-second head start, and begin looking. You can find the needle every time if you work quick

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Fire, Games, Play

Margaret Peterson Haddix (2010). “Among the Brave”, p.47, Simon and Schuster

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Sometimes I can spend as long revising a manuscript as I spent writing it in the first place.

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Writing, Long, Firsts

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I was lucky enough not to face any required summer reading lists until I went to college. So I still think of summer as the best time to read for fun.

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Summer, Fun, Reading

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There's something about each of my books that I'm really proud of, and there's something about each of my books that I cringe over.

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Book, Proud, Cringe

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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 started on my course toward happiness ever after, but because I'd made something happen. I'd done something everybody had told me I couldn't. I'd changed my life all by myself. Having a fairy godmother would have ruined everything.

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Night, Thinking, Godmother

Margaret Peterson Haddix (2015). “Just Ella”, p.57, Simon and Schuster

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Jen, we did it. Everyone's free now.

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I like to know what I'm celebrating before I put on a party hat.

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Party, Hats, Celebrate

Margaret Peterson Haddix (2011). “The 39 Clues #10: Into the Gauntlet”, p.310, Scholastic Inc.

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Born: April 9, 1964
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