Malorie Blackman
Malorie Blackman
Malorie Blackman, OBE, is a British writer who held the position of Children's Laureate from 2013 to 2015. She primarily writes literature and television drama for children and young adults. She has used science fiction to explore social and ethical issues. Her critically and popularly acclaimed Noughts and Crosses series uses the setting of a fictional dystopia to explore racism...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth8 February 1962
CityLondon, England
stars love-you feelings
But remember this if nothing else: I love you more than there are words or stars. I love you more than there are thoughts and feelings. I love you more than there are seconds or moments gone or to come. I love you.
feelings noughts-and-crosses feels
Never, ever allow yourself to feel. Feelings kill.
noughts-and-crosses dear-god heard
Dear God, please let him have heard me. Please. Please. If you're up there. Somewhere.
caring law shows
Jude's fourth law: Caring equals vulnerability. Never show either.
numbers moments walks
Jude's rule number five: Never get to close to anyone or anything that you can't walk away at a moment's notice if you have to. When you have to.
track wheels rhythm
One of us... One of them... One of us... One of them... A rhythm playing like train wheels on a circular track -- never ending but going nowhere.
suits-you suits noughts-and-crosses
The truth isn't going to bend itself to suit you.
noughts-and-crosses needs world
Sometimes the things you're convinced you don't want turn out to be the thing you need the most in this world.
kids years wry-smile
Five years off my life... I wondered with a wry smile, would people be immortal if they didn't have kids?
daughter special shame
Did you love Melanie?" asked Adam unexpectedly. There was no pause before I shook my head. "That's a shame," said Adam. "Why?" "Well, someone as special as your daughter should've been... made with love.
feelings wish might
I wish... I wish he wasn't quite so ashamed of me. And if he could stop feeling so ashamed of himself, then maybe we might stand a chance.
love-you waiting family-and-friends
The point is, you have family and friends who love you. You have a world out there just waiting for you to conquer it. You have a life that will be anything you make it. That's the point.
python noughts-and-crosses tables
Mrs Bawden yanked me away from the table and dragged me across the food hall. I tried to twist away from her, but she had a grip like a python on steroids.
causes noughts-and-crosses beats
Who did it, Sephy?' She repeated. 'Who beat you up? 'Cause whoever it was, I'll kill them.