Among the Brave Quotes

“Maybe everyone is just waiting for someone else to save them.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, Among the Brave

“...it’d be like looking for a needle in a burning haystack.'
'Oh, I’ve done that,' Mark said airily. 'It’s a game we used to play, after we got rid of all our livestock and didn’t need our hay no more. You throw a match into the haystack, give the fire a three-second head start, and begin looking. You can find the needle every time if you work quick”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, Among the Brave

“I don't know what you two are up to," Hobart said. "But you be careful now, you hear? Don't do anything I wouldn't do."
"Well now, that doesn't restrict us very much, does it?" Mark teased back.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, Among the Brave

“And Nedley started saying,'Shut Up!Quit that! And i knew it really meant something to him. So I asked for his help,"Mark said. "Don't tell the story like that," Nedley laughed. "What he said was 'Quit pretendin you're a bad guy I need your help, and I need it now!”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, Among the Brave

“Mark slapped him, and Trey was stunned into silence. “Hey!” Mark said. “That really does work on hysterical people. Always wanted to try that.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, Among the Brave

“It’s a game we used to play, after we got rid of all our livestock and didn’t need our hay no more. You throw a match into the haystack, give the fire a three-second head start, and begin looking. You can find the needle every time if you work quick.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, Among the Brave

“Great, Trey thought. I do one brave thing in my entire life, and now it’s like, ‘Got anything dangerous to do? Send Trey. He can handle it.’ Doesn’t anyone remember that Cowardice is my middle name?”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, Among the Brave

“. . . And together, we will make our country great again,” he said.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, Among the Brave

“Epic poems were always best in French. Let’s see. “Le troisième enfant dans les vêtements de ses ennemis”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, Among the Brave