148 Quotes by Malorie Blackman

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?

And round and round and round. Why couldn’t I get past the letter? Like poison id had seeped into every image and every memory I kept of Callum, polluting them until I couldn’t tell which was real and what was just wishful thinking any more. Until at last, I was forced to face the inescapable fact that, for whatever reason, Callum had written the letter.

Oh, they’re fine,’ said Jaxon. ‘They.

Sorry implies that if you could go back, you’d do things differently. We both know that you wouldn’t change a thing.

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.

But faith is so easy to hold onto when you don’t need it. And so hard to find when you do.

Politics gets nastier and more vicious with each passing year. It’s not a parade of ideals or ethics any more. It’s about celebrity, false promises and image.

You bring me bliss, my rainbow child.

Books and knowledge don’t make for a safe world. Just the opposite. Books and knowledge are facets of the truth and the truth can be very dangerous.