Margaret Haddix Quotes About Eyes

Quotes about: Eyes

• Generally I finish a first draft in 2-6 months, then I set it aside for a while so that when I come back to it I can read it with fresh eyes and figure out how to improve it.

  Margaret Haddix

  Eye, Months, Firsts

• I snorted "oh, beauty. What's that good for?" Mary stared, her eyes round. "It won you the prince, did it not?" I snorted again, I prefer to think that he was captivated by my charming personality." I giggled to let Mary know I was trying to make fun of myself.

  Margaret Haddix

  Fun, Eye, Thinking

  Margaret Peterson Haddix (2015). “Just Ella”, p.91, Simon and Schuster

• A thousand times today I've started to open my mouth, started to squeak out, "Can you tell me...? But then I'd look into the front seat, at my mother's silent shaking, my father's grim profile, the mournful bags under his eyes, and all the questions I might ask seemed abusive. Assault and battery, a question mark used like a club. My parents are old and fragile. I'd have to heartless to want to hurt them.

  Margaret Haddix

  Mother, Hurt, Fear

  Margaret Peterson Haddix (2008). “Double Identity”, p.2, Simon and Schuster

• "Don't let go!" he orders. Harper's hand is dry and soothing, while mine is sweaty with fear. We've never held hands before. I think about what it means in the village when boys and girls only a few years older then Harper and me wander around with their hands clasped together. They're always peering dreamily into each other's eyes, sneaking sky kisses...and soon after, there's a wedding.

  Margaret Haddix

  Girl, Letting Go, Mean

  "Palace of Mirrors".

• He looked at the piles of food again, and it was like he was seeing it with new eyes. This is wrong, he thought. Letting food rot while people die of hunger. It's evil.

  Margaret Haddix

  Sweet, Eye, Smell

  "Among the Enemy".

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