23cpiette

“Hope doesn't mean anything. ... Action's the only thing that counts.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, Among the Hidden

“saw the first tree shudder and fall, far off in the distance. Then he heard his mother call out the kitchen window: “Luke! Inside. Now.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, Among the Hidden

“There was a law against Luke.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, Among the Hidden

“But Mother, I don't want to go. It's just that...I have to. I can't spend the rest of my life hiding in the attic.
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I don't want to be a burden[...]I want to do something with my life. Figure out ways to help other third kids. Make—make a difference in the world.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, Among the Hidden