Maureen Johnson quotes - page 4

One person's crazy is another person's sane, I guess. (Maureen Johnson)
Sometimes I even felt like he dated me as part of his plan, like they were going to have a checklist on the application, and one of the things to tick off was going to be, "Do you have a reasonably intelligent girlfriend who shares your aspirations, and who is fully prepared to accept your limited availability? View quote
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People always say they can't do things, that they're impossible. They just haven't been creative enough. View quote
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We all know what we're doing. Whether we realize it or not. View quote
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One question," I said. "Did you tell me all that because you think I'm going to die?" "No," he said. "It's because you're doing something brave, and I felt I should too." "I'll take that as a yes," I said. View quote
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I could pretend, at least, and if I pretended long enough, maybe I could make it into a reality. View quote
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People were freaked out, but they showed it in weird ways. Back home, people would have been weeping and doing a lot of very public group hugs. At Wexford people just aggressively pretended nothing had happened. View quote
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Also, when on a campaign to convince a stranger that you aren't a few fries short of a Happy Meal, throwing around phrases like "tangentially Swedish" is not the best way to go. View quote
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The truth was that she had managed to betray everyone by doing nothing. No one in history had ever done less and yet been so wrong. Not cheating on a non-boyfriend with the non-boyfriend of a friend. The pressure of thinking that one through made her swollen body ache. View quote
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This wasn't a position she wanted to be in. And yet . . . yet she knew that she was going to do it anyway. View quote
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Once again, her parents' problems had run through her life like a piece of heavy equipment, smashing everything in their way. (Maureen Johnson)
I still have a whopping bad case of what you call scag magnetism. I thought i had gotten rid of it there, but it looks like scary guys still materialize from thin air in my presence. They are drawn to me. I am the North Pole, and they are the explorers of love. View quote
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This kind of thing always amazed Ginny--people who just walked away from institutions. People who left school when they didn't see the point. Aunt Peg had done that. Ginny knew she never would. That either made her someone who worked hard and finished things, or someone who didn't have the guts to break away from the pack. Maybe both. View quote
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Keep calm and carry on. Also, stay in and hide because the Ripper is coming. View quote
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because talent alone doesn't make an artist. View quote
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She firmly held the theory that everyone gets at least one very stupid superpower. View quote
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Sometimes it is worth any amount of suffering just to prevent giving your parents the opportunity to be right. View quote
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She had always thought applying to college would be exciting. Living away from home, meeting so many new people, Learning new things, making a few poor life desicisons. View quote
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They weren't pressed together as closely as normal, but his shoulder bumped hers, then remained there. It was very subtle, and possibly even accidental, but it was enough. View quote
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Money is for doing things, my love. Don't sit on it like a hen sits on an egg. It doesn't hatch. I should know. I've made enough of it. View quote
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I don't know if there is actually more rain here in England, or if it was just that the rain seemed to be so deliberately annoying. Every drop hit the window with a peevish "Am I bothering you? Does this make you cold and wet? Oh, sorry. (Maureen Johnson)
Don't get stabbed. It makes everything awkward. View quote
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Although it was very cold, he wore no coat. I think some English people think coats are for the weak. View quote
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English rain feels obligatory, like paperwork. It dampens already damn days and slicks the stones. View quote
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