“I’d rather be happy and odd than miserable and ordinary,' she said, sticking her chin in the air.”
― Michelle Magorian, quote from Good Night, Mr. Tom
“It occurred to him that strength was quite different from toughness and that being vulnerable wasn't quite the same as being weak.”
― Michelle Magorian, quote from Good Night, Mr. Tom
“Miss Thorne said no more. Poor boy, she thought, away from his loving home and now dumped with an irritable old man. Tom”
― Michelle Magorian, quote from Good Night, Mr. Tom
“I expect you think I’m a bit forward,’ remarked Zach. ‘Wot?”
― Michelle Magorian, quote from Good Night, Mr. Tom
Michelle Magorian
Born place: in Portsmouth, The United Kingdom
Born date November 6, 1947
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“I wanted my spring awakening, even if it was coming a season late.
I wanted summer lovin’ that would happen so fast.
I wanted to succeed at the business of love without really trying.”
― David Levithan, quote from Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story
“You’ll only regret the time it took you to make the decision.”
― Sara Raasch, quote from Frost Like Night
“Risk is part of the game.”
― Victoria Aveyard, quote from Cruel Crown
“I know there's no use in looking back. It's started now. And looking back won't do anything but make me turn to salt.
I blame my new designer shoes for the fact that my footsteps are unsteady.
I blame the fact that I can't breathe on the blue dress's tiny waste.”
― Ally Carter, quote from Take the Key and Lock Her Up
“Is there an antidote to the perennial seductiveness of war? And is this a question a woman is more likely to pose than a man? (Probably yes.)”
― Susan Sontag, quote from Regarding the Pain of Others
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