“Just remember, Callum when you’re floating up and up in your bubble, that bubbles have a habit of bursting. The higher you climb, the further you have to fall.”
―
Malorie Blackman,
Noughts & Crosses
“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, Noughts & Crosses
“I used to comfort myself with the belief that it was only certain individuals and their peculiar notions that spoilt things for the rest of us. But how many individuals does it take before it's not the individuals who are prejudiced but society itself?” ― Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses
“The news lies all the time. They tell us what they think we would want to hear.” ― Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses
“Don't you know that boys don't cry?' Adam grinned. 'Shall I tell you something I've only recently discovered,' I replied, not attempting to hide the tears rolling down my face and not the least bit ashamed of them. 'Boys don't cry, but real men do.” ― Malorie Blackman, Boys Don't Cry
“I pulled him closer to me, wrapping my arms around him, kissing him just as desperately as he was kissing me. Like if we could just love long enough and hard enough and deep enough, then the world outside would never, could never hurt us.” ― Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses
“I hadn't fully realized just how powerful words could be before this. Whoever came up with the saying 'sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me' was talking out of his or her armpit.” ― Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses
“Dear God, please let him have heard me. Please.Please.If you're up there.Somewhere.” ― Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses
“She stays lost in the middle of her own world somewhere. We can’t get in and she doesn’t come out. Not often anyway, and certainly not for any length of time. But her mind takes her to somewhere kind, I think, to judge by the peaceful, serene look on her face most of the time. ” ― Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses
“You're a Nought and I'm a Cross and there's nowhere for us to be, nowhere for us to go where we'd be left in peace...That's why I started crying. That's why I couldn't stop. For all the things we might've had and all the things we're never going to have.” ― Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses
“People are people. We'll always find a way to mess up, doesn't matter who's in charge.” ― Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses
“The point is, you have family and friends who love you. You have a world out there just waiting for you to conquer it. You have a life that will be anything you make it. That's the point.” ― Malorie Blackman, Boys Don't Cry
“So why did you want to kiss me?""We're friends aren't we?" Callum shrugged.I relaxed into a smile. "Of course we are.""And if you can't kiss your friends who can you kiss?" Callum smiled.” ― Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses
“But remember this if nothing else: I love you more than there are words or stars. I love you more than there are thoughts and feelings. I love you more than there are seconds or moments gone or to come. I love you.” ― Malorie Blackman, Checkmate
“And things go unsaid soon get forgotten” ― Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses
“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, Boys Don't Cry
“Love was like an avalanche, with Sephy and I hand-in-hand racing like hell to get out of it's way-only, instead of running away from it, we kept running straight towards it.” ― Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses
“Because my mum and dad brought me up to believe that people are different but equal. And that I should treat everyone, no matter who, with the same respect I'd like to be shown.” ― Malorie Blackman, Knife Edge
“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, Noughts & Crosses
“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, Noughts & Crosses
“I used to comfort myself with the belief that it was only certain individuals and their peculiar notions that spoilt things for the rest of us. But how many individuals does it take before it's not the individuals who are prejudiced but society itself?” ― Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses
“The news lies all the time. They tell us what they think we would want to hear.” ― Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses
“Don't you know that boys don't cry?' Adam grinned. 'Shall I tell you something I've only recently discovered,' I replied, not attempting to hide the tears rolling down my face and not the least bit ashamed of them. 'Boys don't cry, but real men do.” ― Malorie Blackman, Boys Don't Cry
“I pulled him closer to me, wrapping my arms around him, kissing him just as desperately as he was kissing me. Like if we could just love long enough and hard enough and deep enough, then the world outside would never, could never hurt us.” ― Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses
“I hadn't fully realized just how powerful words could be before this. Whoever came up with the saying 'sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me' was talking out of his or her armpit.” ― Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses
“Dear God, please let him have heard me. Please.Please.If you're up there.Somewhere.” ― Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses
“She stays lost in the middle of her own world somewhere. We can’t get in and she doesn’t come out. Not often anyway, and certainly not for any length of time. But her mind takes her to somewhere kind, I think, to judge by the peaceful, serene look on her face most of the time. ” ― Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses
“You're a Nought and I'm a Cross and there's nowhere for us to be, nowhere for us to go where we'd be left in peace...That's why I started crying. That's why I couldn't stop. For all the things we might've had and all the things we're never going to have.” ― Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses
“People are people. We'll always find a way to mess up, doesn't matter who's in charge.” ― Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses
“The point is, you have family and friends who love you. You have a world out there just waiting for you to conquer it. You have a life that will be anything you make it. That's the point.” ― Malorie Blackman, Boys Don't Cry
“So why did you want to kiss me?""We're friends aren't we?" Callum shrugged.I relaxed into a smile. "Of course we are.""And if you can't kiss your friends who can you kiss?" Callum smiled.” ― Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses
“But remember this if nothing else: I love you more than there are words or stars. I love you more than there are thoughts and feelings. I love you more than there are seconds or moments gone or to come. I love you.” ― Malorie Blackman, Checkmate
“And things go unsaid soon get forgotten” ― Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses
“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, Boys Don't Cry
“Love was like an avalanche, with Sephy and I hand-in-hand racing like hell to get out of it's way-only, instead of running away from it, we kept running straight towards it.” ― Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses
“Because my mum and dad brought me up to believe that people are different but equal. And that I should treat everyone, no matter who, with the same respect I'd like to be shown.” ― Malorie Blackman, Knife Edge
“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, Noughts & Crosses
