"Make a wish," said Indigo. Rose made a wish and then asked, "Why?" "That's what I always do. Wish on the moving ones." "Does it matter how fast they move?" "I don't think so." "Can you wish on airplanes, too?" "Oh, yes."

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Source : Hilary McKay (2004). “Indigo's Star”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

Hilary McKay

#Moving Quotes #Airplane Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I am sorry to say that sometimes matters of very small importance waste a good deal of precious time, by the long and repeated speeches and chicanery of gentlemen who will not wholly throw off the lawyer even in Congress.”
“I'm just a risk taker. I have gut instincts.”
“I made a tape recording of a bridge collapsing and I wanted to play it suddenly and very loudly when people were walking over a big bridge in Belgrade. The council forbid it. Their imagination is tiny; mine is big. I want always to shake everything up.”
“Censor the body and you censor breath and speech at the same time. Write yourself. Your body must be heard.”
“There will always be something new to discover: a minute moss never found before, a rabbit eating birdseed with the bores on a hungry November day, a bittern that stays only long enough to be remembered.”
“Most of my characters are romantic rather than sexual. I think that's an essential difference in my pictures. I think they are more accurate in portraying young people as romantic - as wanting a relationship, an understanding with a member of the opposite sex more than just physical sex.”
“There wasn't enough gratitude in the world for a server who kept drinks coming at a time like this.”
“I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I don't want to be some stress casualty in early middle age.”

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