Quotes from book
How I Live Now

How I Live Now

How I Live Now is a novel by Meg Rosoff, first published in 2004. It received generally positive reviews and won the British Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the American Printz Award for young-adult literature.


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“Every war has turning points and every person too.”

Source: How I Live Now

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Meg Rosoff photo

“Staying alive was what we did to pass the time.”

Source: How I Live Now

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Meg Rosoff photo
Meg Rosoff photo

“Somewhere along the line I'd lost the will not to eat.”

Source: How I Live Now

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Meg Rosoff photo

“After all this time, I know exactly where I belong. Here. With Edmond. And that's how I live now.”

Variant: After all this time, I know exactly where I belong.
Source: How I Live Now

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