11 Quotes & Sayings By Terry Hayes

Terry Hayes is the author of over eighty books for young people. She has written and illustrated more than fifty books for children, including the much-loved Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series, as well as The Trouble With Tiddles, When Dinosaurs Were Young, and The Dragon's Rice Cake. Her books have been translated into many different languages Read more

She lives in Oxfordshire with her husband, two sons, two cats, and one dog.

In war, the first casualty is truth.
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In war, the first casualty is truth. Terry Hayes
The world doesn't change in front of your eyes, it...
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The world doesn't change in front of your eyes, it changes behind your back. Terry Hayes
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People say love is weak, but they're wrong: love is strong. In nearly everyone it trumps all other things - patriotism and ambition, religion and upbringing. And every kind of love - the epic and the small, the noble and the base - the one that a parent has for their child is the greatest of them all. That was the lesson I learned that day, and I'll be forever grateful I did. Some years later, deep in the ruins called Theatre of Death, it salvaged everything. Terry Hayes
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I had been to Jeddah on my previous trip, so I knew it well enough. There was only one thing to recommend it: say, you wanted to commit suicide and couldn’t quite find the courage, two days in Jeddah would do the trick. Terry Hayes
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The interior of the arms dealer's private jet was so ugly it hurt my feelings as well as my eyeballs. Terry Hayes
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There was one thing the experience had taught him. He said he'd learned that when millions of people, a whole political system, countless numbers of citizens who believed in God, said they were going to kill you - just listen to them. Terry Hayes
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A hundred times I must have thought of ways to take it back, but I wasn't smart enough to understand that an apology is a sign of strenght, not weakness (...) Terry Hayes
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The last vestiges of consciousness tell her she has just witnessed her own murder, all she ever was and hoped to be is gone. Terry Hayes
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I have heard people say love is weak but they're wrong--love is strong. In nearly everyone it trumps all other things--patriotism and ambition, religion and upbringing. And of every kind of love--the epic and the small, the noble and the base--the one that a parent has for their child is the greatest of them all. Terry Hayes
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We wanted a labour force, but human beings came. Terry Hayes