“ I had a very happy childhood, but I still used my imagination as a leisure resort. Geraldine McCaughrean
“ Unhappy people do the oddest, most terrible things, just trying to keep despair at bay. All you have to do is accept them...go around them...take evasive action. Geraldine McCaughrean
“ We built that Wendy House our own selves, for Wendy! And you can't keep a Wendy out of her own Wendy House! Geraldine McCaughrean
“ Tell me a story,' demanded Fireflyer.'Why? Do you eat them, too, then?''Only the ohs and ayes and ees and oos. The Kays are too spikey and the zeds are too buzzzy and the ones with the dots get stuck… Geraldine McCaughrean
“ Not everyone can be rich,' Peter went on. 'Not everyone can be strong or clever. Not everyone can be beautiful. But we can ALL be brave! If we tell ourselves we can do it; if we say to our hearts, 'do… Geraldine McCaughrean