23cpiette

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

“Sure you can be a coward and hope somone else changes the wrld for you. You can hide up in that attic of yours until someone knocks on the door and says, 'Oh, hey, they freed the hidden. Want to come out?' Is that what you want"
Luke didnt answer
"You've got to come, Luke, or you'll hate yourself the rest of your life. When you dont have to hide anymore, even years from now, there'll always be some small part of you whispering 'I don't deserve this. I didnt fight for it. I'm not worth it.' And you are, Luke, you are. You're smart and funny and nice, and you should be living life, instead of being buried alive in that old house of yours”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, Among the Hidden

“Staring into the ring of candles—proud that the number of his years finally made a ring, all around the cake”
― 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