Quotes from Margaret Peterson Haddix

he kept getting glimmers of hope—hope that died instantly when he moved the chairs aside and saw nothing there.

searching everywhere? Shouldn't they be extra alert, not

Oh, yeah, the feather dusters!" Luke exclaimed. "I'd almost forgotten about that. Now, why in the world were you so scared of them? You didn't really think they could come back to life, did you?" Smits fixed Luke with a curious look. "Yes," he said. "I did. I didn't know what death was.

There should he more than enough money and food here for you.

I just wanted everyone to have one," Finn said, grinning crookedly. "It made me feel better to draw them. And, remember, we're from this world, and we're nice. And so's Other-Natalie. So couldn't this be a heart kind of place if people tried a little harder?" Other

We haven't stopped obeying. We just think first now." Isabel slapped the boy.

bouncing along with Finn's every step. . . . Chess realized that just looking at Emma and Finn had comforted him. It was like they were coins, too.

It wasn't me!" "It wasn't my kid!" "Whoever

Nina's wrists and ankles were rubbed raw from the handcuffs and ankle cuffs that chained her to the wall. The skin had been whipped from her back; even the slightest touch of her shirt against her spine sent pain shrieking through her body. One of her eyes seemed to be swollen shut from the beating.

Kaderimi deÄŸiÅŸtirmiÅŸtim. Bana yapamayaca??m? söyledikleri ÅŸeyi yapmay? baÅŸarm??t?m. Kendi hayat?m? kendi kendime deÄŸiÅŸtirmiÅŸtim. Bir iyilik perisi her ÅŸeyi deÄŸiÅŸtirebilirdi. (syf. 64 – 65)

Only make up what you have to. Otherwise, tell as much truth as you can. That means you have fewer lies to keep track of, and you're not as likely to trip yourself up.

Epic poems were always best in French. Let's see. "Le troisième enfant dans les vêtements de ses ennemis

They were Amy and Dan Cahill's parents, people who had died in an accidental fire years ago. Or maybe not so accidental.

And those were the ingredients for my happily ever after.

My name's Tidwell, by the way," the officer said. "Friends call me 'Tiddy.' 

Tm worried about my tests.

In America, money is God.

Luke thought he'd been escaping danger when he took Lee Grant's identity. Why did he suddenly feel like he'd only traded one peril for another?

The note only held two words:

I was thinking and feeling was true, no matter how much I had to tell lies everywhere else.

So," the bearded man said, "we kill this man

I'm a time officer, sworn to uphold the sanctity of history.

I was Pandora, bound and determined to open that box.

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