85 Quotes by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Why did everyone like that story so much when it wasn’t true? Why was everyone so eager to believe it? Was it because, in real life, ever after’s generally stink?

It kind of seemed like, as long as he was alive, there was still hope that he could fix things.

Luke pictured himself.

And yet, I felt a surge of exhilaration just thinking about that night. Not just because I’d met the prince and fallen in love and started on my course toward happiness ever after, but because I’d made something happen. I’d done something everybody had told me I couldn’t. I’d changed my life all by myself. Having a fairy godmother would have ruined everything.

He made time travel sound almost like hide-and-seek or capture the flag or some other spylike game – only with higher stakes and greater consequences.

Death, he thought. This whole clue hunt’s been about death.

Mark slapped him, and Trey was stunned into silence. “Hey!” Mark said. “That really does work on hysterical people. Always wanted to try that.

We haven’t changed enough,” Natalie said in a small, pained voice. “But – we’re trying.

Ah, jeez... She really is a cheerleader.′ And it seemed suddenly that this was true- not because she was an airhead or a hottie or a nonjock, but because she could throw herself so wholeheartedly into someone else’s cause, because she could care so much and try so hard from the sidelines.