Michelle Harrison > Quotes

“Fabian had succeeded. She caught his eye and the two of them shared a look; it was the kind of look children wear when they know they've gotten away with something. At the same moment, Warwick and Florence also shared a look. Theirs was the kind of look adults wear when they know that somehow they have been well and truly hoodwinked, but are clueless as to the how and why, and know only that there's absolutely nothing they can do about it.”
― Michelle Harrison, The 13 Treasures

“To do something you're afraid of, especially for the sake of somebody else, is the very definition of courage.”
― Michelle Harrison, One Wish

“I know what it's like not to have friends. People need friends. Life's not much fun without them.”
― Michelle Harrison, One Wish

“But jealous, bitter people don’t suddenly find that those feelings go away when what they envy becomes theirs. They simply find something else to be jealous and bitter about, because it was never about what the other person had. It’s about what they themselves lack.”
― Michelle Harrison, A Pinch of Magic

“However difficult death is for us to accept, we must... how would we learn to appreciate each moment if it were not precious? If life were forever?”
― Michelle Harrison, One Wish

“Grown-ups never know what to do. They just pretend to.”
― Michelle Harrison, A Tangle of Spells

“Trick or treat, trick or treat . . . the marshes are misty and sugar is sweet!”
― Michelle Harrison, A Pinch of Magic

“I've always wished that there was someone I could talk to about them, just to now that it's not only me... Because sometimes, it's easier to think you are mad than to have no one that believes you.”
― Michelle Harrison, One Wish

“after we moved up North.   “Who’s”
― Michelle Harrison, A Woman in Residence

“swooping garvern heading for them— And suddenly she stopped, stock-still, balancing on one of the stones halfway across. The standstill jerked Sparrow to a halt, and he spun round to face her. “Why are you stopping? Keep going, quickly.” “How did you know about”
― Michelle Harrison, 13 Secrets

“a cheap toothbrush and a box of hair dye.”
― Michelle Harrison, 13 Treasures

“But stories have the power to heal, too. If you believe in luck, and that you will succeed- whatever monsters come your way- then you can. As Alice once wrote: the problem with monsters is that those of our own making are the most terrifying of all.

Yet if we created them, we also have the power to overcome them.”
― Michelle Harrison, The Other Alice

“HEADY”
― Michelle Harrison, The Thirteen Treasures

“curse could only come from darkness. And what could be darker than death?”
― Michelle Harrison, A Pinch of Magic

“A curse could only come from darkness. And what could be darker than death?”
― Michelle Harrison, A Pinch of Magic