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Ellen Potter Quotes

Look, when do the really interesting things happen? Not when you've brushed your teeth and put on your pyjamas and are cozy in bed. They happen when you are cold and uncomfortable and hungry and don't have a roof over

Look, when do the really interesting things happen? Not when you've brushed your teeth and put on your pyjamas and are cozy in bed. They happen when you are cold and uncomfortable and hungry and don't have a roof over your head for the night.

Ellen Potter
Night, Roof Over Your Head, Interesting
Ellen Potter (2010). “The Kneebone Boy”, p.58, Macmillan

All great adventures have moments that are really crap.

Ellen Potter
Travel, Adventure, Moments
Ellen Potter (2010). “The Kneebone Boy”, p.248, Macmillan

Memory, in my opinion, is a complete noodle. It hangs on the silliest things but forgets the stuff that really matters.

Ellen Potter
Memories, Matter, Stuff
Ellen Potter (2010). “The Kneebone Boy”, p.35, Macmillan

Jeremy used to hate it when she was younger because someone in her class told her redheads were freaks of nature.But our mother told her that redheads were genetically more courageous than other people and that she should always where her hair long,like a wariors badge of honor.

Ellen Potter
Mother, Hate, Hair
Ellen Potter (2009). “Slob”, p.18, Penguin

It's alarming how quickly people adjust to adventures when they are in one. You really have to work at being astonished by life.

Ellen Potter
Adventure, People

People should have all their big adventures while they're still under the age of fourteen. If you don't, you start to lose your passion for big adventures. It just begins to fade away bit by bit and then you forget you ever wanted adventures in the first place.

Ellen Potter
Passion, Adventure, Should Have
Ellen Potter (2010). “The Kneebone Boy”, p.131, Macmillan

They [the Hardscrabbles]never enjoyed it when adults playfully lied to them. The adults always think they're being amusing and imaginative, just like children. But kids never lie playfully. They lie as if their lives depended on it.

Ellen Potter
Children, Lying, Kids
Ellen Potter (2010). “The Kneebone Boy”, p.81, Macmillan

Give that man a Pixy Stix," Haddie said. "A what?" Lucia asked. "Hold on." She left then returned a moment later with a handful of colorful straws, one of which she threw at Max like a dart. He caught it in midair. That impressed Haddie and she tossed him another, just to see if he could do it again. He fumbled that one.

Ellen Potter
Men, Giving, Max
Ellen Potter (2010). “The Kneebone Boy”, p.128, Macmillan

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