"Maybe everyone is just waiting for someone else to save them."
— Margaret Peterson Haddix (Among the Brave)

"...even the most independent people sometimes needed help. And if I'd learned nothing else from my life thus far, it was that you don't always end up where you think you're going."
— Margaret Peterson Haddix (Just Ella)

"Jen, we did it. Everyone's free now."
— Margaret Peterson Haddix (Among the Free)

"I leaned my head back and closed my eyes, my mind a jumble. So much for breaking it off gently, I thought. The humor helped my mind clear, but I couldn't laugh. What would happen next?"
— Margaret Peterson Haddix

"I wished I'd known weeks ago that we didn't have to be chaperoned. I remembered my old daydreams: the prince and I, alone together, cuddling and whispering... I probably would have wised up and brocken the engagement sooner."
— Margaret Peterson Haddix

"We'll have a 'rest of our lives' now,"
— Margaret Peterson Haddix