Quotes from Meg Rosoff, How I Live Now

If you haven't been in a war and are wondering how long it takes to get used to losing everything you think you need or love, I can tell you the answer is no time at all.

If there was ever a more perfect day in the history of time it isn't one I've heard about.

After all this time, I know exactly where I belong. Here. With Edmond. And that's how I live now.

Staying alive was what we did to pass the time.

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