Maureen Johnson: Trending quotes

“Fear can't hurt you," she said. "When it washes over you, give it no power. It's a snake with no venom. Remember that. That knowledge can save you.”

“I may have been a complete lunatic, but I was a complete lunatic with”

“It's always easier to say good-bye when you know it's just a prelude to hello.”

“One person's crazy is another person's sane, I guess.”

“You can never visit the same place twice. Each time, it's a different story. By the very act of coming back, you wipe out what came before.”

“And if we get caught, I will claim I made you go. At gunpoint. I am American. People will assume I'm armed.”

“Keep calm and carry on.
Also, stay in and hide because the Ripper is coming.”

“I have no phobias. Phobias are irrational. My fears are rational and CAREFULLY CULTIVATED, like roses.”

“I'm Keith," he said, "and you're… clearly mad, but what's your name?”

“The funny thing about stop signs is that they're also start signs.”

“Stuart must have sensed my despair from the way I began lightly banging my forehead on the table.”

“Salt. Wound. Together at last.”

“Tired, but not the kind of tired that sleep fixes.”

“Welsh is an actual, currently used language and our next-door neighbors Angela and Gaenor spoke it. It sounds like Wizard.”

“There is nothing about a bad situation that fourteen hyper cheerleaders can't worsen.”

“The English play hockey in any weather. Thunder, lightening, plague of locusts… nothing can stop the hockey. Do not fight the hockey, for the hockey will win.”

“I knew it was beautiful, but knowing something is beautiful and caring about it are two very different things, and I didn't care.”

“Tell me what you want, what you really, really want," he said.
"Braiiinnnnssss," we said in unison.”

“It's always awkward when someone doesn't realize you're joking and devotes thought time to what you've said. Double that when the person is wearing tinfoil.”