Margaret Haddix Quotes - Page 2

• I like to know what I'm celebrating before I put on a party hat.

  Margaret Haddix

  Party, Hats, Celebrate

  Margaret Peterson Haddix (2011). “The 39 Clues #10: Into the Gauntlet”, p.310, Scholastic Inc.

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• Una vez que he enviado el borrador revisado a mi agente y a mi editor, me sugieren más mejoras y, de nuevo, esta fase de revisión puede durar desde unas horas hasta unos meses.

  Margaret Haddix

  Editors, Agents, Phases

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• I like the fact that kids are willing to be imaginative and go along with me when I'm telling strange tales.

  Margaret Haddix

  Kids, Facts, Strange

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• Generally I finish a first draft in 2-6 months, then I set it aside for a while so that when I come back to it I can read it with fresh eyes and figure out how to improve it.

  Margaret Haddix

  Eye, Months, Firsts

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• We'll have a 'rest of our lives' now.

  Margaret Haddix

  Nuestras vidas

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

  Margaret Haddix

  Life, Want, Dies

  Margaret Peterson Haddix (2002). “Among the Hidden”, p.130, Simon and Schuster

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• 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 of myself.

  Margaret Haddix

  Fun, Eye, Thinking

  Margaret Peterson Haddix (2015). “Just Ella”, p.91, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

  Margaret Haddix

  Sweet, Eye, Smell

  "Among the Enemy".

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• Los plazos son mucho más largos en el caso de los libros. Cuando era periodista, muchas veces llegaba a las 8:30 de la mañana, recibía un encargo enseguida, entrevistaba a alguien, entregaba la historia a las 9:30 y la tenía terminada en el periódico que llegaba a mi mesa a mediodía.

  Margaret Haddix

  Book, Stories, Noon

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• When writing isn't going well-then the bad thing about being a writer is that I also have the freedom and flexibility to do something badly, and no one else can fix it for me.

  Margaret Haddix

  Writing, Wells, Bad Things

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• That porch is a happy-looking place, and my father - burdened, stoop-shouldered, cadaverously thin - doesn't seem to belong on it.

  Margaret Haddix

  Father, Porch, Stoops

  Margaret Peterson Haddix (2008). “Double Identity”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

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• I don't know what you two are up to," Hobart said. "But you be careful now, you hear? Don't do anything I wouldn't do." "Well now, that doesn't restrict us very much, does it?" Mark teased back.

  Margaret Haddix

  Two, Doe, Said

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• I wish, peevishly, that he didn't know anything about how soldiers sleep, how they protect their fellow soldiers. It would be nicer if I could share the cloaks warmth with him, if we could lie with our faces together, whispering into the night.

  Margaret Haddix

  Mentir, Dormir, Noche

  Margaret Peterson Haddix (2010). “Palace of Mirrors”, Simon and Schuster

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• The Government justifies keeping everyone else in poverty because people seem to work the hardest when they're right on the edge of survival.

  Margaret Haddix

  Government, People, Survival

  Margaret Peterson Haddix (2002). “Among the Hidden”, p.136, Simon and Schuster

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• Oh, Myr", se atraganta. "Odio tener que pedirte esto...". Vuelve a mirar hacia el coche y yo me agacho entre las sombras, esperando que esté demasiado oscuro para que pueda ver si la ventanilla está abierta o cerrada. La mujer le acaricia el brazo, apoyando la mano en su codo. "Sabes que haría cualquier cosa por ti y por Hil", dice. Me gusta su voz. Es gutural y rica. "¿Harías cualquier cosa?", repite entumecido mi padre. "¿Incluso ahora? ¿Después de...?" "Incluso ahora", dice la mujer con firmeza.

  Margaret Haddix

  Father, Hate, Dark

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• I rise up on my tiptoes. He's already bending his head down, moving his lips toward mine. And then, well, I haven't exactly studied this, but I'm pretty sure that ours is not the most expert kiss in Sualan history. It's a little hard to figure out how we should tilt our heads so our noses don't bump. But this kiss is a promise, a vow. Come to think of it, it doesn't really matter that ours is not the most expert kiss in Sualan history. It's still the best.

  Margaret Haddix

  Moving, Kissing, Thinking

  Margaret Peterson Haddix (2010). “Palace of Mirrors”, Simon and Schuster

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• I started trying to write when I was in second or third grade.

  Margaret Haddix

  Writing, Trying, Third Grade

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• Nothing was more valuable than the printed word.

  Margaret Haddix

  Printed Word, Valuable, Printed

  "Among the Brave".

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• It's just so much fun to make up characters, situations, and everything else about a story. I have so much freedom and flexibility to do whatever I want.

  Margaret Haddix

  Fun, Character, Stories

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• ...even the most independent people sometimes needed help. And if I'd learned nothing else from my life thus far, it was that you don't always end up where you think you're going.

  Margaret Haddix

  Independiente, Pensamiento, Gente

  Margaret Peterson Haddix (1999). “Just Ella”, p.183, Simon and Schuster

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• I wished I'd known weeks ago that we didn't have to be chaperoned. I remembered my old daydreams: the prince and I, alone together, cuddling and whispering... I probably would have wised up and brocken the engagement sooner.

  Margaret Haddix

  Cuddling, Together, Engagement

  Margaret Peterson Haddix (2015). “Just Ella”, p.105, Simon and Schuster

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