The Egypt Game Quotes

“Trick-or-treating is for candy and demonstrations are for things like Peace and Freedom. It's different.”
― Zilpha Keatley Snyder, The Egypt Game

“A–Z, and its dusty show windows were crammed with a weird clutter of old and exotic-looking objects—huge bronze”
― Zilpha Keatley Snyder, The Egypt Game

“But they're not really paper dolls," Melanie said. "And I don't really play with them, not like moving them around and dressing them up and everything. They're just sort of a record of a game I play. I make up a family and then I find people who look like them in magazines and catalogues, just so I'll remember them better.”
― Zilpha Keatley Snyder, The Egypt Game

“More spooky and supernatural. Even though all the Egyptians were positive that somebody was fooling and had somehow managed to write the answer to Ken's question, there are times when being positive isn't quite enough." - Ken”
― Zilpha Keatley Snyder, The Egypt Game

“None of my friends know how to play imagining games the way you do," Melanie said. "Some of them can do it a little bit but they mostly don't have any very good ideas. And a lot of them only like ball games or other things that are already made up. But I like imagining games better than anything.”
― Zilpha Keatley Snyder, The Egypt Game