Quotes from Sally Gardner

What are you on?' said AJ. 'Leon's mum has died and you are determined to add to the total sum of misery by going out with the girlfriend of the nastiest piece of manhood that was ever assembled in the factory of life...

This emotion called love. It is wrapped up in time, measured by years. The more I see of humans the more complicated love becomes. It is not an exchange of goods. It has no price. it is not a simple connection to other beings. Love is much deeper, its tendrils reach into the bad and the good in humans. I don't believe we should give up on this project. I cannot return until I learn how to love.

Ya no soñaba despierto. Había demasiada realidad alrededor.

Mijn vroegste herinneringen zijn allemaal gelukkige. Dat was voordat ik erachter kwam dat het mijn lot was om in een kast opgesloten te worden om daar te sterven.

Hoe heet ik?' vroeg ik. 'An,' zei hij. De kaaiman sperde zijn bek open. Zijn tanden, scherp als dolken, glommen in het maanlicht. 'Hoe heet ik?' herhaalde ik. 'Coriander,' gilde Arise.

Je hebt het hart van een leeuw, Coriander. Je bent dapper genoeg om de kamer van de koningin binnen te gaan, flink genoeg om een wit ros te aaien, niet te bang om een prins te redden.

That summer, in the wilderness of crumbling bricks and mortar, white roses had appeared in those derelict suburbs. Gramps said that if man was mad enough to destroy itself, at least the rats and cockroaches would have front-row seats, be able to enjoy the sight of Mother Nature reclaiming the earth. Outside

You make sense of a world that is senseless. You gave me space boots so that I could walk on other planets. Without you, I'm lost. There's no left, no right. No tomorrow, only miles of yesterdays. It doesn't matter what happens now because I've found you. That's why I'm here. Because of you. You who I love. My best friend. My brother." Hector

All these questions and many more besides only occurred to me much, much later when there was no one left to ask.

The self is me, the me is I, and that's all that's left.

It is enough to know... Too much to see...

I have learnt that there is great power in words, no matter how long or short they be.

A secret told is mine to tell. Of truth and lies, the lesser hell.

And so the first part of my tale is told, and with it a candle goes out.

I like him to sleep close to me. Danes says it is better than leaving him alone in a cradle to get too cold or too hot. Mistress Bedwell does not agree. She says that I should have a wet nurse and not hold him all the time, for it indulges him so." I laughed. "What nonsense!" Hester looked pleased. "It feels right, him being next to me." "Hester, do what you feel is best. Take no notice of Patience Bedwell.

Gramps had the radio on, tuned to the only station that the authorities allowed us mere lava mites to listen to. Dripple for the workers of the Motherland. They sang it loud, they sang it clear: "And once those feet did tread upon silver sand And footprints deep marked out new moons of Motherland Which all salute with upraised hand." I went upstairs and put on my school uniform. Every part of me dead. Limp. Dead.

am driving us home to Mrs. Lush in her shiny kitchen with a checked tablecloth in a house where the grass looks as if it's been Hoovered. You see, only in the land of Croca-Colas does the sun shine in Technicolor. Life lived at the end of the rainbow.

I believed I owned the sky without realising that I'm destined to fall to the ground.

But maybe all it needs is a moment to change the course of history.

Él era quien llevaba la coz cantante.

But that's her problem, not mine. No, my problem is elephantine. How do you eat an elephant, sir? Bit by tiny bit.

There is more betwixt the day and the night than we can ever know.

Cos'altro possono togliermi? Dovunque io vada mi porto dietro il mio inferno.

non avrei mai creduto che il cuore potesse causare tanti dolori e tanti conflitti. Che si potesse rompere, ma anche aggiustare. Che si potesse donare, ma anche riaverlo indietro. Perderlo e trovarlo di nuovo.