Philip Reeve Quotes

• The one thing worse than an enemy is a friend turned false.

  Philip Reeve

  Enemy, One Thing

  Philip Reeve (2011). “Here Lies Arthur”, p.172, Scholastic UK

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• Sometimes, on our way through the world, we meet someone who touches our heart in a way others don't.

  Philip Reeve

  Heart, World, Way

  Philip Reeve (2008). “Here Lies Arthur”

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• You aren't a hero and I'm not beautiful and we probably won't live happily ever after " she said. "But we're alive and together and we're going to be all right.

  Philip Reeve

  Life, Beautiful, Hero

  Philip Reeve (2012). “Predator Cities #1: Mortal Engines”, p.246, Scholastic Inc.

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• That's what History teaches us, I think, that life goes on, even though individuals die and whole civilizations crumble away: The simple things last; they are repeated over and over by each generation.

  Philip Reeve

  Simple, Thinking, Civilization

  Philip Reeve (2012). “Predator Cities #4: A Darkling Plain”, p.312, Scholastic Inc.

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• Godshawk looked surprised, the way that people generally do when you ask them philosophical questions in shrubberies in the middle of the night.

  Philip Reeve

  Philosophical, Night, People

  Philip Reeve (2011). “Fever Crumb”, p.168, Scholastic Inc.

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• Moving cities are a fairly hoary old sci-fi trope - I seem to recall they were always cropping up on Doctor Who when I was young, though I may be misremembering.

  Philip Reeve

  Moving, Doctors, Cities

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• Fever jumped aside just in time to dodge the shower of urine, and stumbled into the path of a religious procession - celebrants in robes and pointed hats whirling and clapping and chanting the name of some old-world prophet, 'Hari, Hari! Hari Potter!'

  Philip Reeve

  Religious, Names, Potters

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• he cut through the 21st Century Gallery, past the big plastic statues of Pluto and Mickey, animal headed gods of lost America

  Philip Reeve

  Cutting, Animal, Past

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• That's the trouble with a story spinner. You never know what's real and what's made up. Even when they are telling the truth, they can't stop themselves from spinning it into something better; something prettier, with more of a pattern to it.

  Philip Reeve

  Real, Stories, Patterns

  Philip Reeve (2011). “Here Lies Arthur”, p.211, Scholastic UK

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• I still feel, as I did when I was six or seven, that books are simply the best way to experience a story.

  Philip Reeve

  Book, Stories, Way

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• Is it...dead?" asked Tom, his voice all quivery with fright. "A town just ran over him," said Hester. "I shouldn't think he's very well.

  Philip Reeve

  Thinking, Voice, Towns

  Philip Reeve (2012). “Predator Cities #1: Mortal Engines”, p.101, Scholastic Inc.

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• But we're alive, and together, and we're going to be all right.

  Philip Reeve

  Together, Alive

  Philip Reeve (2012). “Predator Cities #1: Mortal Engines”, p.246, Scholastic Inc.

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• Even tiny children looking at a picture book are using their imaginations, gleaning clues from the images to understand what is happening, and perhaps using the throwaway details which the illustrator includes to add their own elements to the story.

  Philip Reeve

  Children, Book, Imagination

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• As a child I always steered clear of science fiction, but in the autumn of 1977 the bow-wave of publicity for the first Star Wars movie had already reached me, so I was eager for anything science-fictional.

  Philip Reeve

  Stars, Children, War

  "Philip Reeve: 'I can't even drive a car, let alone an inter-dimensional phone box'". Interview with Patrick, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2013.

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• An Engineer is no match for a Historian with his dander up!

  Philip Reeve

  Historian, Engineers

  Philip Reeve (2012). “Predator Cities #1: Mortal Engines”, p.217, Scholastic Inc.

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• I was fascinated by The Lord of the Rings from about the age of eight and that lasted well into my teens.

  Philip Reeve

  Eight, Age, Teens

  "Philip Reeve: 'I can't even drive a car, let alone an inter-dimensional phone box'". Interview with Patrick, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2013.

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• It was a dark, blustery afternoon in spring, and the city of London was chasing a small mining town across the dried-out bed of the old North Sea.

  Philip Reeve

  Spring, Dark, Sea

  Philip Reeve (2012). “Predator Cities x 4 and The Traction Codex”, p.13, Scholastic UK

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• But boys will be boys, even the ones who are only girls dressed up: That's one of the rules of the world.

  Philip Reeve

  Girl, Boys, World

  Philip Reeve (2008). “Here Lies Arthur”

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• I used to be very fascinated by Victorian stuff, and my best known books, the Mortal Engines series, have a sort of retro, Victorian vibe, despite being set in the far future.

  Philip Reeve

  Book, Stuff, Used

  "Philip Reeve: 'I can't even drive a car, let alone an inter-dimensional phone box'". Interview with Patrick, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2013.

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