Quotes by : Rebecca Stead

And when the veil lifts, we can see the world as it really is, just for those few seconds before it settles....

We have lunch at ten-forty-five,” Colin said. A stupidly early lunch. At our school, the older you....

Didn't you ever have a father yourself? You don't want him for a reason. You want him because he's your....

I think that when you don't know, you should wait until you do.

From age nine, my friends and I were on the streets, walking home, going to each other's houses, going....

Einstein says common sense is just habit of thought. It's how we're used to thinking about things, but....

[she used to say that] each of us has a veil between ourselves and the rest of the world – like a bride....

Sometimes you never feel meaner than the moment you stop being mean. It's like how turning on a light....

Well, it's simple to love someone," she said. "But it's hard to know when you need to say it out loud.....

She's called the secretary, but as far as I can tell she basically runs the school.