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

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, o…

- Ellen Potter

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 redhead…

- Ellen Potter

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 adven…

- Ellen Potter

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 …

- Ellen Potter

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

- Ellen Potter

They [the Hardscrabbles]never enjoyed it when adults playfully lied to them. The adults always think they're being amusing and imaginative, just like…

- Ellen Potter

All great adventures have moments that are really crap.

- Ellen Potter