Noughts And Crosses Quotes

• Just remember, Callum when you’re floating up and up in your bubble, that bubbles have a habit of bursting. The higher you climb, the further you have to fall’ - Lynette McGregor

  Malorie Blackman

  Fall, Floating, Remember

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• I used to comfort myself with the belief that it was only certain individuals and their peculiar notions that spoilt things for the rest of us. But how many individuals does it take before it's not the individuals who are prejudiced but society itself?

  Malorie Blackman

  Comfort, Doe, Peculiar

  Malorie Blackman (2007). “Black & White”, p.367, Simon and Schuster

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• People are people. We'll always find a way to mess up, doesn't matter who's in charge.

  Malorie Blackman

  People, Matter, Way

  Malorie Blackman (2009). “Naughts & Crosses”, p.481, Simon and Schuster

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• So why did you want to kiss me?" "We're friends aren't we?" Callum shrugged. I relaxed into a smile. "Of course we are." "And if you can't kiss your friends who can you kiss?" Callum smiled.

  Malorie Blackman

  Kissing, Want, Kiss Me

  Malorie Blackman (2007). “Black & White”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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• She stays lost in the middle of her own world somewhere. We can’t get in and she doesn’t come out. Not often anyway, and certainly not for any length of time. But her mind takes her to somewhere kind, I think, to judge by the peaceful, serene look on her face most of the time.

  Malorie Blackman

  Thinking, Judging, Peaceful

  Malorie Blackman (2007). “Black & White”, p.33, Simon and Schuster

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• Dear God, please let him have heard me. Please. Please. If you're up there. Somewhere.

  Malorie Blackman

  Dear God, Heard, Please

  Malorie Blackman (2007). “Black & White”, p.488, Simon and Schuster

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• But remember this if nothing else: I love you more than there are words or stars. I love you more than there are thoughts and feelings. I love you more than there are seconds or moments gone or to come. I love you.

  Malorie Blackman

  Stars, I Love You More, Feelings

  Malorie Blackman (2008). “Checkmate”, p.403, Random House

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• Why was it that when noughts committed criminal acts, the fact that they were noughts was always pointed out? The banker was a Cross. The newsreader didn't even mention it.

  Malorie Blackman

  Bankers, Criminals, Facts

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• Never, ever allow yourself to feel. Feelings kill.

  Malorie Blackman

  Feelings, Feels

  Malorie Blackman (2007). “Knife Edge”, p.115, Simon and Schuster

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• You're a Nought and I'm a Cross and there's nowhere for us to be, nowhere for us to go where we'd be left in peace...That's why I started crying. That's why I couldn't stop. For all the things we might've had and all the things we're never going to have.

  Malorie Blackman

  Might, Cry, Left

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• Sometimes the things you're convinced you don't want turn out to be the thing you need the most in this world.

  Malorie Blackman

  Needs, World, Want

  Malorie Blackman (2010). “Boys Don't Cry”, p.233, Random House

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• That just the way it is. Some things will never change. That's just the way it is. But don't you believe them.

  Malorie Blackman

  Believe, Way, Never Change

  Malorie Blackman (2009). “Naughts & Crosses”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

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• The truth isn't going to bend itself to suit you.

  Malorie Blackman

  Suits You, Suits

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• The point is, you have family and friends who love you. You have a world out there just waiting for you to conquer it. You have a life that will be anything you make it. That's the point.

  Malorie Blackman

  Love You, Waiting, Family And Friends

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• Who did it, Sephy?' She repeated. 'Who beat you up? 'Cause whoever it was, I'll kill them.

  Malorie Blackman

  Causes, Beats

  Malorie Blackman (2007). “Black & White”, p.99, Simon and Schuster

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• Sticks and stones may break my bones, but chains and whips excite me.

  Rihanna

  Bullying, Dry Bones, Useless Life

  Song: S&M, Album: Loud

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• D'you ever wonder what it would be like if our positions were reversed?' I ask. At Jack's puzzled look I continue. 'If we whites were in charge instead of you Crosses?' 'Can't say it's ever crossed my mind,' Jack shrugs. 'I used to think about it a lot,' I sigh. 'Dreams of living in a world with no more discrimination, no more prejudice, a fair police force, an equal justice system, equality of education, equality of life, a level playing field.

  Malorie Blackman

  Dream, Thinking, Justice

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• But the Good Book said a lot of things. Like 'love thy neighbor' and ' do unto others as you would have them do unto you'. If nothing else, wasn't the message of the Good Book to live and let live? So how could the Crosses call themselves 'God's chosen' and still treat us the way they did?

  Malorie Blackman

  Book, Like Love, Way

  Malorie Blackman (2009). “Naughts & Crosses”, p.84, Simon and Schuster

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• I hadn't fully realized just how powerful words could be before this. Whoever came up with the saying 'sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me' was talking out of his or her armpit.

  Malorie Blackman

  Hurt, Powerful, Talking

  Malorie Blackman (2007). “Black & White”, p.60, Simon and Schuster

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• And things go unsaid soon get forgotten

  Malorie Blackman

  Forgotten, Unsaid

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• Mrs Bawden yanked me away from the table and dragged me across the food hall. I tried to twist away from her, but she had a grip like a python on steroids.

  Malorie Blackman

  Python, Twists, Tables

  Malorie Blackman (2009). “Naughts & Crosses”, p.79, Simon and Schuster

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• He pulls the hood over my head. I try to pull back. I'm not trying to run away. I just want to see her... One last time.

  Malorie Blackman

  Running, Trying, Want

  Malorie Blackman (2009). “Naughts & Crosses”, p.486, Simon and Schuster

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• Do unto others as you would have them do to you, said the rapist.

  Bo Burnham

  Bible, Jesus, Kindness

  Song: Haikus Sonnet Shakespeare, Album: Words Words Words, 2010

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• The news lies all the time. They tell us what they think we would want to hear.

  Malorie Blackman

  Lying, Thinking, News

  "Noughts & Crosses". Book by Malorie Blackman, www.theguardian.com. 2009.

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• I pulled him closer to me, wrapping my arms around him, kissing him just as desperately as he was kissing me. Like if we could just love long enough and hard enough and deep enough, then the world outside would never, could never hurt us.

  Malorie Blackman

  Hurt, Kissing, Long

  Malorie Blackman (2009). “Naughts & Crosses”, p.421, Simon and Schuster

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