Hope doesn't mean anything. ... Action's the only thing that counts.
Margaret Peterson HaddixAmazing, Yetta thought. Back home I couldn't have chosen my own husband. And here I'm thinking about choosing presidents, governors, mayors, laws...
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...it’d be like looking for a needle in a burning haystack.'
'Oh, I’ve done that,' Mark said airily. 'It’s a game we used to play, after we got rid of all our livestock and didn’t need our hay no more. You throw a match into the haystack, give the fire a three-second head start, and begin looking. You can find the needle every time if you work quick
A ssure you, the more I travel through time, the more I witness, the more I realize that there are things that are both strange and wonderful, far beyond human comprehension.
Margaret Peterson HaddixTag: inspriational-quotes
There is nothing more valuable than the printed word.
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Why didn't you tell me that evil could be so lighthearted?
Margaret Peterson HaddixTag: evil
You bite off more than you can chew, 'course you're going to choke. One bite at a time. And that goes for thinking things, too, not just food.
Margaret Peterson HaddixBecause," he said in an even voice, "you're used to winning, so you don't even think about how, every time there's a game, both sides get that 'rah, rah, team' speech from their coaches both sides hear 'you're the best!' 'You've got to win!' 'You're the greatest!' But half of the people playing that game are going to walk away losers. Half!
Margaret Peterson HaddixTag: team lose loser teams win winner
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 mean I'm going to be a famous philosopher in the future? Does that mean I'm going to be revered? There wasn't time to ask.
Margaret Peterson HaddixTag: life future time philosopher quote time-travel revered
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.
Margaret Peterson HaddixTag: encouragement caring cheerleading
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