Margaret Haddix
Margaret Haddix
Margaret Peterson Haddixis an American writer known best for the two children's series, Shadow Childrenand The Missing. She also wrote the tenth volume in The 39 Clues, published by Scholastic...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth9 April 1964
CityWashingotn Court House, OH
CountryUnited States of America
Margaret Haddix quotes about
american-author bad figured perspective turns walked
Eventually the bad stuff I'm writing turns into better stuff. Other times, I've just walked away from what I was working on, and figured I'd have a better perspective when I came back to it.
night thinking godmother
And yet, I felt a surge of exhilaration just thinking about that night. Not just because I'd met the prince and fallen in love and started on my course toward happiness ever after, but because I'd made something happen. I'd done something everybody had told me I couldn't. I'd changed my life all by myself. Having a fairy godmother would have ruined everything.
waiting
Maybe everyone is just waiting for someone else to save them.
cuddling together whispering
I wished I'd known weeks ago that we didn't have to be chaperoned. I remembered my old daydreams: the prince and I, alone together, cuddling and whispering... I probably would have wised up and brocken the engagement sooner.
our-lives
We'll have a 'rest of our lives' now,
printed-word valuable printed
There is nothing more valuable than the printed word.