148 Quotes by Malorie Blackman

What was it about the differences in others that scared some people so much?

Noughts... Even the word was negative. Nothing. Nil. Zero. Nonentities. It wasn’t a name we’d chosen for ourselves. It was a name we’d been given.

It was because I was scared. Scared of standing out, scared of being invisible. Scared of seeming too big, scared of being too small.

Jude’s fourth law: Caring equals vulnerability. Never show either.

The media called us ruthless terrorists. We’re not. We’re just fighting for what’s right. Being born a nought shouldn’t automatically slam shut myriad doors before you’ve even drawn your first breath.

I suppose it doesn’t occur to you that I can think the system just as unjust as you do.

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...

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.

He was constantly surprising me like that. I had thought I didn’t like surprises, but I found I did when they came from him.