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That just the way it is. Some things will never change. That's just the way it is. But don't you believe them. — Malorie Blackman

Any anxieties publishers have about putting a child on the front cover of a book who isn't white is very old fashioned. — Malorie Blackman

It was because I was scared. Scared of standing out, scared of being invisible. Scared of seeming too big, scared of being too small. — Malorie Blackman

He thought astrology was a load of bosh! Didn't believe in stars and planets telling his fortune or anyone else's. — Malorie Blackman

If a child wants to read 'Twilight' over Middlemarch, they should be encouraged - the important thing is to get them reading in the first place. — Malorie Blackman

Was that all love did for you? Made you give up and give in? Left you open to pain and hurt? — Malorie Blackman

Lynny's solution was better. Just fade out, until you were ready to fade back in. — Malorie Blackman

A backup plan means somewhere in my head, I think I might fail and that word is not in my vocabulary. Plus I'm too talented to fail. — Malorie Blackman

People are people. We'll always find a way to mess up, doesn't matter who's in charge. — Malorie Blackman

I wanted to have a body of work behind me before I wrote about racism. — Malorie Blackman

Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality. — Malorie Blackman

The best thing about being Children's Laureate has definitely been all the children and teens I've met. — Malorie Blackman

I think fan fiction is the way most writers start, and the same goes for music and design. — Malorie Blackman

Like a window had been thrown open inside my head and my heart, where there had been closed shutters before. — Malorie Blackman

What was it about the differences in others that scared some people so much? — Malorie Blackman

The single yellow diamond stud he wore in his left ear twinkled like a giggle in the morning sunlight. — Malorie Blackman

A yawning hole deep inside me was begging to be filled up with words and thoughts and ideas and facts and fictions.
Callum McGregor — Malorie Blackman

Jude's rule number five: Never get to close to anyone or anything that you can't walk away at a moment's notice if you have to.
When you have to. — Malorie Blackman

Noughts... Even the word was negative. Nothing. Nil. Zero. Nonentities. It wasn't a name we'd chosen for ourselves. It was a name we'd been given. — Malorie Blackman

The status quo is never news, only challenges to it. — Malorie Blackman

I loved reading when I grew up but did feel totally invisible because I couldn't see myself and my life reflected in the books I was reading. — Malorie Blackman

The truth isn't going to bend itself to suit you. — Malorie Blackman

Books and knowledge don't make for a safe world. Just the opposite. Books and knowledge are facets of the truth and the truth can be very dangerous. — Malorie Blackman

No-one understood. No-one. Least of all - me. — Malorie Blackman

You can have all the talent in the world, but without determination, you won't get very far. — Malorie Blackman

When I was a child, we used to look forward to the end of the day when we would hear another ten minutes of a story. — Malorie Blackman

I suppose it doesn't occur to you that I can think the system just as unjust as you do. — Malorie Blackman

A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire. — Malorie Blackman

We need more people working in the publishing industry itself who are people of colour. — Malorie Blackman

I'm one of the few adults lucky enough to love their job. And when you've got bills to pay, you get on with it! I like challenges. — Malorie Blackman

I hope to instill, in every child I meet, my love and enthusiasm for reading and stories. — Malorie Blackman

When a chance for real happiness comes by, grab it with both hands and devour it. If it lasts five minutes or five lifetimes, it's still worth it. — Malorie Blackman

I think what we need, especially in publishing, is more commissioning editors and editors who are people of colour. — Malorie Blackman

Five years off my life ...
I wondered with a wry smile, would people be immortal if they didn't have kids? — Malorie Blackman

And things go unsaid soon get forgotten — Malorie Blackman

I suppose I've always lived in my own head. I didn't discover boys till sixth form. Then suddenly it was, 'Oh! Boys!' — Malorie Blackman

To my fellow Crosses, keep the faith. — Malorie Blackman

Books allow you to see the world through the eyes of others. — Malorie Blackman

My rear end was blood-raw from my so called brilliant ideas rebounding on me. — Malorie Blackman

Temptation leans on the doorbell, but opportunity knocks only once. — Malorie Blackman

How dare you both sit there and criticize and condemn me? — Malorie Blackman

Dear God, please let him have heard me. Please.
Please.
If you're up there.
Somewhere. — Malorie Blackman

I would like to champion diverse forms like graphic novels and works told in verse and diverse writers and illustrators and diverse authors as well. — Malorie Blackman

He wrapped his arms around me. We were cuddled up like a couple of spoons in a cutlery drawer. — Malorie Blackman

There are no such things as friends. Just acquaintances who haven't let you down yet. — Malorie Blackman

Never, ever allow yourself to feel. Feelings kill. — Malorie Blackman

Who did it, Sephy?' She repeated. 'Who beat you up? 'Cause whoever it was, I'll kill them. — Malorie Blackman

Jude's fourth law: Caring equals vulnerability. Never show either. — Malorie Blackman

He was constantly surprising me like that. I had thought I didn't like surprises, but I found I did when they came from him. — Malorie Blackman

Boys don't cry but real men do. — Malorie Blackman

Children find prescriptive reading lists daunting, and they are a dangerous thing to have in schools. — Malorie Blackman

Reading is an exercise in empathy; an exercise in walking in someone else's shoes for a while. — Malorie Blackman

The news lies all the time. They tell us what they think we would want to hear. — Malorie Blackman

I'm a voice for children's books and children's reading. — Malorie Blackman

Thoughts can creep up on you, or they can hit harder than a wrecking ball. — Malorie Blackman

Shakespeare's 'Othello' was inspired by Cinthio's 'A Moorish Captain'; his 'Hamlet' came from Saxo Grammaticus's 'Amleth.' — Malorie Blackman

If you can only have one, which means more to you? Being someone or making a difference
-Lynny — Malorie Blackman

He pulls the hood over my head. I try to pull back. I'm not trying to run away. I just want to see her ... One last time ... — Malorie Blackman

If you're naive - which means immature, inexperienced, or a bit thick - you get eaten alive. — Malorie Blackman

A good book is a good book. End of story. — Malorie Blackman

I wish ... I wish he wasn't quite so ashamed of me. And if he could stop feeling so ashamed of himself, then maybe we might stand a chance. — Malorie Blackman

But faith is so easy to hold onto when you don't need it. And so hard to find when you do. — Malorie Blackman

What I'm trying to do is to write a story. If you take something from it, that's wonderful; if you don't, that's wonderful as well. — Malorie Blackman

When did we stop being people, being human? — Malorie Blackman

His eyes were a lot older than fifteen.
Persephone Hadley(,regarding Callum McGregor) — Malorie Blackman

I believe each individual can have a say and make a difference. — Malorie Blackman

Boys don't cry, but men do. — Malorie Blackman

Sometimes the things you're convinced you don't want turn out to be the thing you need the most in this world. — Malorie Blackman

When life knocks you down, keep getting up. — Malorie Blackman

I work in my attic, and the view is next door's chimney stack. — Malorie Blackman

Being the Children's Laureate has been educational, sometimes hectic, but most of all, great fun. — Malorie Blackman

Books teach children to see the world through the eyes of others and empathise with others. It's about the story. — Malorie Blackman

He loved to draw. Animals pouncing mostly. And trees. Always lone trees in black landscapes. — Malorie Blackman

A film of my life would never happen! — Malorie Blackman