Quotes by Margaret Peterson Haddix

About Margaret Peterson Haddix:

Margaret Peterson Haddix is an American writer known best for the two children's series, Shadow Children (1998–2006) and The Missing (2008-2015). She also wrote the tenth volume in The 39 Clues, published by Scholastic.
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Maybe everyone is just waiting for someone else to save them.

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Why didn't you tell me that evil could be so lighthearted?

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Governments will rise, and governments will fall, and man will do evil to man, and all we can do is turn our hearts to good.

Margaret Peterson Haddix

He looked at the piles of food again, and it was like he was seeing it with new eyes. "This is wrong", he thought, "Letting food rot while people die of hunger. It's evil.".... He breathed in the too-sweet smell of rotting food, "I can stop this evil...

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Jen, we did it. Everyone's free now.

Margaret Peterson Haddix

I want to Live! Not Die, Not Hide, LIVE!

Margaret Peterson Haddix

But Mother, I don't want to go. It's just that...I have to. I can't spend the rest of my life hiding in the attic. [...] I don't want to be a burden[...]I want to do something with my life. Figure out ways to help other third kids. Make—make a diff...

Margaret Peterson Haddix

I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people you hate. But you must still dare to love. The rewards are worth far more than the risks.

Margaret Peterson Haddix

I snorted "oh, beauty. What's that good for?" Mary stared, her eyes round. "It won you the prince, did it not?" I snorted again, I prefer to think that he was captivated by my charming personality." I giggled to let Mary know I was trying to make fun...

Margaret Peterson Haddix

To quote a famous philosopher revered in my time 'But this is no different from regular life. When have you ever known what's going to happen in the future?'" Wait a minute, Jonah thought. I said that. Back at Westminster, with Katherine. Does that m...

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Listen, I'll share some of the wisdom I learned over the years. When you near the end of your life... when you're a lonely old man... you start realizing what your accomplishments are really worth. The most brilliant clue I ever deciphered, the milli...

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Author Bio

  • NameMargaret Peterson Haddix
  • DescriptionAmerican author
  • BornApril 9, 1964
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist