Quotes from Sent

Margaret Peterson Haddix ·  320 pages

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“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 Haddix, quote from Sent


“Thanks a lot! She went and hid somewhere else, somewhere safe- and left me to deal with Mr. Pyromaniac 1483!”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, quote from Sent


“Sometimes you have to fight for what you want,' Chip said, his expression set. 'Sometimes the fight is all you get.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, quote from Sent


“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, quote from Sent


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Margaret Peterson Haddix
Born place: in Washington Court House, The United States
Born date April 9, 1964
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