Margaret Peterson Haddix Quotes

Because," 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 Haddix
The truth is, time travel is hard, and people are lazy.
Margaret Peterson Haddix
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.
Margaret Peterson Haddix
We will not be stupid girls. We will not be powerless girls. We will not be useless girls
Margaret Peterson Haddix
But it’d be nice to have someone who cared about me, someone I could talk toabout anything, someone who’d tell me I was really special.
Margaret Peterson Haddix
That porch is a happy-looking place, and my father - burdened, stoop-shouldered, cadaverously thin - doesn't seem to belong on it.
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Jen, we did it. Everyone's free now.
Margaret Peterson Haddix
At times like this, Eryn didn't feel like they were just twins. They were teammates. They were partners. They were two halves of the same brain.
Margaret Peterson Haddix
I can't go back to being who I used to be!'Hadley looked down at him sympathetically.'None of us can, kid.' he said. 'That's the point. You get what you get. Life changes you. Time travel or no, you always have to build on what you live through.
Margaret Peterson Haddix
But, really, are there any guys out there who aren’t jerks? I don’t even know any grown-up men who aren’t jerks.
Margaret Peterson Haddix
We can hope.
Margaret Peterson Haddix
I was Pandora, bound and determined to open that box.
Margaret Peterson Haddix