“ Your writing voice is the deepest possible reflection of who you are. The job of your voice is not to seduce or flatter or make well-shaped sentences. In your voice, your readers should be able to hea… Meg Rosoff
“ I'd like to think life has improved since 1850, despite the long hours we all seem to spend slaving over hot computers, but the psychological journeys remain the same - the search for love, identity,… Meg Rosoff
“ I'm a century old, an impossible age, and my brain has no anchor in the present. Instead it drifts, nearly always to the same shore. Today, as most days, it is 1962. The year I discovered love. Meg Rosoff
“ We couldn’t believe our luck, and for a little while it felt like we were on some big train rolling down a hill, and all we cared about was how great it felt to be going fast. Meg Rosoff
“ After all this time, I know exactly where I belong. Here. With Edmond. And that's how I live now. Meg Rosoff
“ Each evening she held his head in her hands and ran her aching fingers thru the thick ruff of fur around his neck. He burrowed against her, sighing devotion. Meg Rosoff
“ Where's your dog?" Peter's voice came from within the gushing stream of water. Justin thought he must have misheard."Pardon?""Your dog.""Yes?""Isn't he with you today?" Justin looked at Peter."Ha bloo… Meg Rosoff
“ She frowned at him. 'You are in love with solitude.''Is there a better cure for the world than solitude? Meg Rosoff
“ If there was ever a more perfect day in the history of time it isn't one I've heard about. Meg Rosoff
“ Look, I say. You can't just let your thoughts float around in the ether and hope eventually they'll connect with something. It's absurd.No, it's not, Gil says. Lots of good things happen that way. Pen… Meg Rosoff
“ Someday I'll understand more of these things. At the moment I just have to think them through. Not everything you want to know is explained properly on Google. Meg Rosoff
“ In the meantime, Charlie learnt to fly. Dorothea fell in love. Peter discovered a new star. And a great number of things happened to Justin. Hundreds of millions of ordinary, unexpected, and occasiona… Meg Rosoff
“ A piano might fall on your head, he said, but it also might not. And in the meantime you never know. Something nice might happen. Meg Rosoff
“ I'm sorry I started all this by trying to fly and I'd take it back if I could but I can't, so please think of it from my point of view: if you die I will have a dead brother and it will be me instead… Meg Rosoff
“ When you read a book, the neurons in your brain fire overtime, deciding what the characters are wearing, how they’re standing, and what it feels like the first time they kiss. No one shows you. The wo… Meg Rosoff
