Quotes from Among the Hidden

“I want to Live! Not Die, Not Hide, LIVE!”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, quote from Among the Hidden

“Sure you can be a coward and hope somone else changes the wrld for you. You can hide up in that attic of yours until someone knocks on the door and says, 'Oh, hey, they freed the hidden. Want to come out?' Is that what you want"
Luke didnt answer
"You've got to come, Luke, or you'll hate yourself the rest of your life. When you dont have to hide anymore, even years from now, there'll always be some small part of you whispering 'I don't deserve this. I didnt fight for it. I'm not worth it.' And you are, Luke, you are. You're smart and funny and nice, and you should be living life, instead of being buried alive in that old house of yours”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, quote from Among the Hidden

“Hope doesn't mean anything. ... Action's the only thing that counts.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, quote from Among the Hidden

“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 Peterson Haddix, quote from Among the Hidden

“It's people like you who change history. People like me--we just let things happen to us.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, quote from Among the Hidden

“There was a law against Luke.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, quote from Among the Hidden

“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 difference in the world.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, quote from Among the Hidden

“the first tree shudder and fall, far off in the distance. Then he heard his mother call out the kitchen window: “Luke! Inside. Now.” He had never disobeyed the order to hide. Even as a toddler, barely able to walk in the backyard’s tall grass, he had somehow understood the fear in his mother’s voice. But on this day, the day they began taking the woods away, he hesitated. He took one extra breath of the fresh air, scented with clover and honeysuckle and—coming from far away—”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, quote from Among the Hidden

“Maybe never again as long as I live.” He turned and walked into the”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, quote from Among the Hidden

“Mother came over and gave Luke’s shoulder a reassuring squeeze before turning back to the stove. They had defied the Government once, with Luke. That had taken all the defiance they had in them. Maybe more.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, quote from Among the Hidden

“want to change history?” Luke made a stab at humor.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, quote from Among the Hidden

“Staring into the ring of candles—proud that the number of his years finally made a ring, all around the cake”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, quote from Among the Hidden

“my parents are very good at bribery.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, quote from Among the Hidden

“saw the first tree shudder and fall, far off in the distance. Then he heard his mother call out the kitchen window: “Luke! Inside. Now.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, quote from Among the Hidden

“the backyard’s tall grass, he had somehow understood the fear in his mother’s voice. But on this day, the day they began taking the woods away, he hesitated. He took one extra breath of the fresh air, scented with clover and honeysuckle and—coming from far away—”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, quote from Among the Hidden

“Luke’s dad harrumphed, and paused in the midst of shoveling forkfuls of boiled potatoes into his mouth.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, quote from Among the Hidden

“angles from their former lofty positions in the sky. Their absence made everything look different, like a fresh haircut exposing a band of untanned skin on a forehead. Even from deep inside the kitchen, Luke could tell the trees were missing because everything was brighter, more open. Scarier.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, quote from Among the Hidden

“smashed fly or the dead pig, gone stiff in the sun. It made his stomach feel funny even trying. “I don’t think it’s fair we’ve got to do Luke’s chores now,” Luke’s other brother,”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, quote from Among the Hidden

“I wouldn’t even let your dad talk about . . .”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, quote from Among the Hidden

Video

About the author

Popular quotes

“The power of just mercy is that it belongs to the undeserving. It’s when mercy is least expected that it’s most potent—strong enough to break the cycle of victimization and victimhood, retribution and suffering. It has the power to heal the psychic harm and injuries that lead to aggression and violence, abuse of power, mass incarceration.”
― Bryan Stevenson, quote from Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

“The seeds sown in childhood put down deep roots.”
― Stephen King, quote from End of Watch

“My mother had fought to hold on to her belief that she lived in a good country. She was shocked and saddened to realize how corrupt and pitiless North Korea had become. Now she was even more convinced that she couldn’t let her daughters grow up in such a place. We had to get out as soon as possible.”
― Yeonmi Park, quote from In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

“The first time she had tried to kill herself, she had intuited that there was no escape. She had seen, with sudden clarity, that her life was a series of boxes, a maze that she would run and run through and never find an exit, and she thought, almost peacefully, I don't want it. I don't want my life.”
― Dan Chaon, quote from You Remind Me of Me

“Cybil pushed to her feet. "If he hurts her, I'll twist off his dick and feed it to his dog." With that, she stormed out of the room.
"She's a little scary," Fox decided.
"She's not the only one. I'm the one who'll be roasting his balls for dessert." Layla headed out behind Cybil. "I have to find something to make for dinner."
"Oddly, I don't have much of an appetite right now." Fox glanced at Gage. "How about you?”
― Nora Roberts, quote from Blood Brothers

Interesting books

About BookQuoters

BookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, memorable and interesting quotes from great books. As the world communicates more and more via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become more relevant and important. For some of us a quote becomes a mantra, a goal or a philosophy by which we live. For all of us, quotes are a great way to remember a book and to carry with us the author’s best ideas.

We thoughtfully gather quotes from our favorite books, both classic and current, and choose the ones that are most thought-provoking. Each quote represents a book that is interesting, well written and has potential to enhance the reader’s life. We also accept submissions from our visitors and will select the quotes we feel are most appealing to the BookQuoters community.

Founded in 2023, BookQuoters has quickly become a large and vibrant community of people who share an affinity for books. Books are seen by some as a throwback to a previous world; conversely, gleaning the main ideas of a book via a quote or a quick summary is typical of the Information Age but is a habit disdained by some diehard readers. We feel that we have the best of both worlds at BookQuoters; we read books cover-to-cover but offer you some of the highlights. We hope you’ll join us.