Cynthia Voigt Quotations

Rebellion is necessary for development of character.

...When this map was made, there was only empty forest in the south," Gran told Birle."Not empty," Granda corrected her. "The forest is never empty.

Hiding under the bed doesn't make the worry stop.

People can be unimaginably foolish...and they can be unimaginably grand, at times.

I got to thinking—when it was too late—you have to reach out to people. To your family, too. You can't just let them sit there, you should put your hand out. If they slap it back, well you reach out again if you care enough. If you don't care enough, you forget about them, if you can.

I have the feeling that I know who I am, only I'm not anymore.

She couldn’t get any farther away inside from her skin. She couldn’t get away.

You must not let yourself become too respectable. Keep yourself a little wild. What is life for, if not for the living of it?

But I'll tell you something else, too. Something I've learned, the hard way. I guess"—Gram laughed a little—"I'm the kind of person who has to learn things the hard way. You've got to hold on. Hold on to people. They can get away from you. It's not always going to be fun, but if you don't—hold on—then you lose them.

You could say that all of life is a series of last chances.