quotes by Margaret Mahy

"What's happened to the world? she was thinking. Everything has turned terrible...and the bits that aren't terrible have gone mad. I don't understand anything anymore."
— Margaret Mahy (Maddigan's Fantasia)

"All right," said Eden. "After all, we've got to hide somewhere. And even if they move on a bit faster than we can, they'll still leave signs, won't they?

"Yes, they'll drip blood and leave echoes of people laughing," said Timon in a dark voice. Eden looked at him apprehensively. But then Timon laughed himself. "Joking! Joking! Only joking!" he cried, and Eden nodded, echoing his laughter rather uncertainly."
— Margaret Mahy

"When, suddenly, on an ordinary Wednesday, it seemed to Barney that the world tilted and ran downhill in all directions, he knew he was about to be haunted again."
— Margaret Mahy (The Haunting)

"Will you still love me when I'm a monster?"
— Margaret Mahy (Maddigan's Fantasia)

"I'm the Beast. You're the Beauty," he said. "It's all a story, isn't it?"
— Margaret Mahy