{"author":"Hilary McKay","author_id":"Hilary+McKay","total_quotes":22,"quotes":[{"text":"Darling Daddy,This is Rose.The shed needs new wires now it has blown up.Caddy is bringing home rock-bottom boyfriends to see if they will do for Mummy. Instead of you.Love, Rose.","author":"Hilary McKay","tags":["divorce","fathers-and-daughters","little-girl","notes"],"id":4178,"author_id":"Hilary+McKay"},{"text":"Rose had the sort of eyes that manage perfectly well with things close by, but entirely blur out things far away. Because of this even the brightest stars had only appeared as silvery smudges in the darkness. In all her life, Rose had never properly seen a star.Tonight there was a sky full.Rose looked up, and it was like walking into a dark room and someone switching on the universe.","author":"Hilary McKay","tags":["glasses","little-girl","stars"],"id":75963,"author_id":"Hilary+McKay"},{"text":"She had to go,' said Rose.'It was because of her angel,' said Indigo.'And because of Granddad,' added Caddy.'And because of her nose stud.'And because her name isn't on the color chart.'She's lonely,' said Rose. 'That's why.","author":"Hilary McKay","tags":["family","leaving","lonely","sad"],"id":81328,"author_id":"Hilary+McKay"},{"text":"Darling Daddy,Poor Saffy. She had a big fight in the boys toilets on Monday, did you know? A very big fight and Sarah helped and it was terrifying. Said a boy in my class who has a brother who was there.Saffy washed her hands and said Never Ever Never Dare You Touch My Brother. (Indigo). And the plug holes were blocked with hair.Love from Rose.-Sarah's mother has given us soup. Soup soup soup and then it was all gone.L.F.R.","author":"Hilary McKay","tags":["funny-and-random","kids","notes"],"id":88617,"author_id":"Hilary+McKay"},{"text":"Suddenly Saffron had a picture in her mind of Sarah waiting at the bottom of the wall, and she was angry with herself.Something changed in Saffron at that moment. She knew all about feeling left out.... That was why she wanted her angel so badly; proof that she mattered as much as anyone else.'I couldn't really climb the wall,' she said. 'And if I could, what if I got caught? What would I say?'You'd think of something.'No. It was a stupid idea. Let's try your way, early in the morning.'Before breakfast?'Yes. All right Mission Control?'All right,' said Sarah. 'All right, Superhero.","author":"Hilary McKay","tags":["friends","heroes","left-out"],"id":91013,"author_id":"Hilary+McKay"},{"text":"Oh, Caddy,' said Saffron miserably.'I know. It's awful. But I'm going. We all should.'It will be so sad.'You have to be sad sometimes,' said Caddy. 'Whatever Dad says. He may be right. Granddad probably had totally lost his marbles, but I am still sad and I'm still going to the funeral. I shall be as unhappy as I like and I shall where black.","author":"Hilary McKay","tags":["funeral","grandfather","sad","sisters"],"id":100266,"author_id":"Hilary+McKay"},{"text":"There are all sorts of families,' Tom's grandmother had remarked, and over the following few weeks Tom became part of the Casson family, as Micheal and Sarah and Derek-from-the-camp had done before him.He immediately discovered that being a member of the family was very different from being a welcome friend. If you were a Casson family member, for example, and Eve drifted in from the shed asking, 'Food? Any ideas? Or shall we not bother?' then you either joined in the search of the kitchen cupboards or counted the money in the housekeeping jam jar and calculated how many pizzas you could afford. Also, if you were a family member you took care of Rose, helped with homework (Saffron and Sarah were very strict about homework), unloaded the washing machine, learned to fold up Sarah's wheelchair, hunted for car keys, and kept up the hopeful theory that in the event of a crisis Bill Casson would disengage himself from his artistic life in London and rush home to help.","author":"Hilary McKay","tags":["family-relationships","kids","love"],"id":124947,"author_id":"Hilary+McKay"},{"text":"Saffy could tell by the feel of the darkness that Caddy was awake. She said, 'Caddy, how far back can you remember?'Oh,' said Caddy, 'ages. I can remember when I could only lie flat. On my back. I can remember how pleased I was when I learned to roll over.","author":"Hilary McKay","tags":["memories","night","sisters"],"id":197597,"author_id":"Hilary+McKay"},{"text":"Very helpful, I must say. Look at them in the eye and shout, and they understand every word...' (Mr. Warbeck in Sienna, talking about local Italians.).","author":"Hilary McKay","tags":["funny","tourist"],"id":206087,"author_id":"Hilary+McKay"},{"text":"Even Dad likes it,' said Caddy, and her father agreed that he did. In a way. Being a broad-minded, tolerant, artistic sort of person. Or so people told him...'Oh, yes?' said Saffron, rolling her eyes.'Yes,' said Bill, sounding a little bit peeved. 'So you thank your lucky stars, my girl, because in some families you would have come home to very big trouble! A nose stud! At your age! If you come down with blood poisoning, don't blame me!","author":"Hilary McKay","tags":["fathers-and-daughters","funny","piercings"],"id":211673,"author_id":"Hilary+McKay"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":22,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}