Hilary McKay Quotes

• Fishing in a bucket. The total hopelessness of the activity was very soothing. It was the perfect sport. Without the emotional stresses of success and failure, she was entirely free to enjoy the pleasures of the moment... It was a good hobby, and cheap, and if more people did it more often

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  Sports, Stress, Emotional

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• Kiran says (the shelf) is full of stories. If it is, then I like fairy stories. Fairy stories are fair. In them wishes are granted, words are enchanted, the honest and brave make it safely through to the last page and the baddies either have to give up their wickedness for ever and ever, no going back, or get ruthlessly written out of the story, which they hardly ever survive. Also in fairy stories there are hardly any of those half-good half-bad people that crop up so constantly in real life and are so difficult to believe in.

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  Giving Up, Real, Believe

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• Saffy could tell by the feel of the darkness that Caddy was awake. She said, "Caddy, how far back can you remember?" "Oh," said Caddy, "ages. I can remember when I could only lie flat. On my back. I can remember how pleased I was when I learned to roll over.

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  Lying, Darkness, Age

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• I can only drive slowly." "That's all right." "And I can only do left turns." Rose ran downstairs, grabbed a road atlas, and ran triumphantly back up again. "Wales is left! Look! It's left all the way!

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  Rose, Looks, Atlas

  Hilary McKay (2002). “Saffy's Angel”, p.135, Simon and Schuster

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• Rose had the sort of eyes that manage perfectly well with things close by, but entirely blur out things far away. Because of this even the brightest stars had only appeared as silvery smudges in the darkness. In all her life, Rose had never properly seen a star. Tonight there was a sky full. Rose looked up, and it was like walking into a dark room and someone switching on the universe.

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  Estrellas, Ojo, Oscuro

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• Make a wish," said Indigo. Rose made a wish and then asked, "Why?" "That's what I always do. Wish on the moving ones." "Does it matter how fast they move?" "I don't think so." "Can you wish on airplanes, too?" "Oh, yes.

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  Moving, Airplane, Thinking

  Hilary McKay (2004). “Indigo's Star”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

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• Don't call me darling. I'm a driving instructor!

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  Driving, Darling, Call Me

  Hilary McKay (2002). “Saffy's Angel”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

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• Querido papá, esta es Rose. Así que las llamas subieron por toda la pared de la cocina. Saffron llamó a los bomberos y también vino la policía para ver si era un truco y la mujer policía le dijo a Saffron Aquí estás otra vez por cuando me perdí haciéndome revisar las gafas. Pero estaba con Tom cuya abuela es una bruja en lo alto del lugar más alto de la ciudad. Con amor, Rose.

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  Wall, Grandmother, Fire

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• Darling Daddy, This is Rose. The shed needs new wires now it has blown up. Caddy is bringing home rock-bottom boyfriends to see if they will do for Mummy. Instead of you. Love, Rose.

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  Home, Rocks, Daddy

  Hilary Mckay (2013). “Casson Family: Indigo's Star”, p.58, Hachette UK

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• On the board was a list of words and phrases which her mother considered not suitable for use in college T-shirt design. She had been asked about them so often that in the end she had started a blacklist of banned words to which everyone could refer. Every time someone thought of a new one, she unflinchingly wrote it down... Rose read through the list, and turned back to her letter. These are the words I learned to spell in Mummy's art class today, she wrote, and sighed a little as she began the tedious job of copying from the board.

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  Mother, Art, Jobs

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• De repente, Saffron tuvo una imagen en su mente de Sarah esperando al pie del muro, y se enfadó consigo misma. Algo cambió en Saffron en ese momento. Sabía lo que era sentirse abandonada: .... Por eso deseaba tanto a su ángel; una prueba de que ella importaba tanto como los demás. "Realmente no podría escalar el muro", dijo. "Y si pudiera, ¿qué pasaría si me pillaran? ¿Qué diría?" "Se te ocurriría algo". "No. Fue una idea estúpida. Probemos a tu manera, por la mañana temprano". "¿Antes del desayuno?" "Sí. ¿De acuerdo, Control de Misión?" "De acuerdo", dijo Sarah. "Muy bien, Superhéroe.

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  Morning, Wall, Stupid

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• He likes driving very fast on the wrong side of the road," said Sarah. "Which I can completely understand.

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  Likes, Sides, Driving

  Hilary McKay (2003). “Saffy's Angel”, Margaret K. McElderry Books

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• She had to go," said Rose. "It was because of her angel," said Indigo. "And because of Granddad," added Caddy. "And because of her nose stud." "And because her name isn't on the color chart." "She's lonely," said Rose. "That's why.

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  Lonely, Angel, Color

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• Pronto lo olvidará". "Caddy", dijo Saffron con impaciencia, "¡es la directora de la escuela privada! Probablemente nunca ha olvidado nada en toda su vida.

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  School, Saffron, Forget

  Hilary McKay (2002). “Saffy's Angel”, p.64, Simon and Schuster

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• The house had a name. The Banana House. It was carved onto a piece of sandstone above the front door. It made no sense to anyone.

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  Doors, Names, House

  Hilary McKay (2002). “Saffy's Angel”, p.12, Simon and Schuster

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• It had not seemed to matter that Rose was only eight years old. "More than eight," said Rose. "Nearly nine." "Darling Rose, even almost nearly nine-year-old's don't fall in love," said forgetful Caddy. Caddy tried very hard to comfort Rose when Tom had left. It was not an easy job. It was like trying to comfort a small, unhappy tiger. "Who said anything about falling in love?" growled Rose crossly. "Falling! Falling is by accident! I didn't fall in anything!" "Oh. Right. Sorry, Posy Rose." "And I am definitely not in love!

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  Falling In Love, Jobs, Sorry

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• Una vez, cuando Tom estaba aquí, para fastidiar a Rose, le pregunté: "Antes de que naciera, ¿te acuerdas? ¿Eran las cosas como son ahora? ¿Seguía lloviendo y oscureciendo y todo lo que pasa ahora? ¿Salía y se ponía el sol exactamente igual?". Sí", dijo Tom, y luego sonrió a Rose y dijo: "No. En realidad no. No exactamente igual.

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  Rain, Dark, Rose

  Hilary McKay (2007). “Caddy Ever After”, p.68, Simon and Schuster

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• How can I give you nothing? Do you seriously expect me to buy nothing, wrap up nothing, stick a gift tag on nothing, send a card saying I really hope you like your nothing and lie awake worrying that the nothing I got you was the right color nothing you always anted? Have a heart!

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  Lying, Heart, Color

  Hilary McKay (2007). “Caddy Ever After”, p.179, Simon and Schuster

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• He will grow up into one of those people who lean back to smile and jump so easily it looks like slow motion and steer cars with their knees and snitch roses from gardens to give to girls and write with their left hand and own two pairs of jeans and one jacket and fall in love from such a height and so hard and so completely that they never quite recover from the drop. But at least he will have me to look out for him.

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  Girl, Falling In Love, Growing Up

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• Los humanos no pueden volar, pero pueden tener la sensación de volar. Sólo tienen que salir por la noche a una tormenta salvaje en la que los truenos rugen como aplausos y los relámpagos se lanzan en dagas de luz a sus pies descalzos y de repente descubren que no tienen miedo.

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  Night, Light, Feet

  Hilary McKay (2007). “Caddy Ever After”, p.35, Simon and Schuster

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