Quotes by Hilary McKay

Hilary McKay

Darling Daddy, This is Rose. So flames went all up the kitchen wall. Saffron called the fire brigade and the police came too to see if it was a trick and the police woman said to Saffron Here You Are Again because of when I got lost having my glasses checked. But I was with Tom whose grandmother is a witch on top of the highest place in town. Love, Rose.

Fire

Grandmother

Wall

Darling Daddy, This is Rose. The shed needs new wires now it has blown up. Caddy is bringing home rock-bottom boyfriends to see if they will do for Mummy. Instead of you. Love, Rose.

Daddy

Home

Rocks

Don’t call me darling. I’m a driving instructor!

Call Me

Darling

Driving

Fishing in a bucket. The total hopelessness of the activity was very soothing. It was the perfect sport. Without the emotional stresses of success and failure, she was entirely free to enjoy the pleasures of the moment… It was a good hobby, and cheap, and if more people did it more often

Emotional

Sports

Stress

He likes driving very fast on the wrong side of the road,” said Sarah. “Which I can completely understand.

Driving

Likes

Sides

How can I give you nothing? Do you seriously expect me to buy nothing, wrap up nothing, stick a gift tag on nothing, send a card saying I really hope you like your nothing and lie awake worrying that the nothing I got you was the right color nothing you always anted? Have a heart!

Color

Heart

Lying

Humans cannot fly, but they can get the flying feeling. All they need to do is go out at night into a wild storm where the thunder roars like applause and the lightning throws itself in daggers of light at your bare feet and you suddenly find you are not afraid.

Feet

Light

Night

I can only drive slowly.” “That’s all right.” “And I can only do left turns.” Rose ran downstairs, grabbed a road atlas, and ran triumphantly back up again. “Wales is left! Look! It’s left all the way!

Atlas

Looks

Rose

It had not seemed to matter that Rose was only eight years old. “More than eight,” said Rose. “Nearly nine.” “Darling Rose, even almost nearly nine-year-old’s don’t fall in love,” said forgetful Caddy. Caddy tried very hard to comfort Rose when Tom had left. It was not an easy job. It was like trying to comfort a small, unhappy tiger. “Who said anything about falling in love?” growled Rose crossly. “Falling! Falling is by accident! I didn’t fall in anything!” “Oh. Right. Sorry, Posy Rose.” “And I am definitely not in love!

Falling In Love

Jobs

Sorry

Kiran says (the shelf) is full of stories. If it is, then I like fairy stories. Fairy stories are fair. In them wishes are granted, words are enchanted, the honest and brave make it safely through to the last page and the baddies either have to give up their wickedness for ever and ever, no going back, or get ruthlessly written out of the story, which they hardly ever survive. Also in fairy stories there are hardly any of those half-good half-bad people that crop up so constantly in real life and are so difficult to believe in.

Believe

Giving Up

Real

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Airplane

Art

Atlas

Believe

Call Me

Color

Daddy

Dark

Darling

Doors

Driving

Emotional

Eye

Falling In Love

Feet

Fire

Giving Up

Grandmother

Heart

Home

House

Jobs

Light

Likes

Looks

Lying

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Mother

Moving

Names

Night

Rain

Real

Rocks

Rose

Sides

Sorry

Sports

Stars

Stress

Stupid

Thinking

Wall

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Quotes by Hilary McKay

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Darling Daddy, This is Rose. The shed needs new wires now it has blown up. Caddy is bringing home rock-bottom boyfriends to see if they will do for Mummy. Instead of you. Love, Rose.

Don’t call me darling. I’m a driving instructor!

Fishing in a bucket. The total hopelessness of the activity was very soothing. It was the perfect sport. Without the emotional stresses of success and failure, she was entirely free to enjoy the pleasures of the moment… It was a good hobby, and cheap, and if more people did it more often

He likes driving very fast on the wrong side of the road,” said Sarah. “Which I can completely understand.

How can I give you nothing? Do you seriously expect me to buy nothing, wrap up nothing, stick a gift tag on nothing, send a card saying I really hope you like your nothing and lie awake worrying that the nothing I got you was the right color nothing you always anted? Have a heart!

Humans cannot fly, but they can get the flying feeling. All they need to do is go out at night into a wild storm where the thunder roars like applause and the lightning throws itself in daggers of light at your bare feet and you suddenly find you are not afraid.

I can only drive slowly.” “That’s all right.” “And I can only do left turns.” Rose ran downstairs, grabbed a road atlas, and ran triumphantly back up again. “Wales is left! Look! It’s left all the way!

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