Maureen Johnson: Trending quotes (page 2)

“I am a mass of contradictions.”

“Just then, my phone started ringing. The ring must have been damaged by the water as well, so now it had a high, keening note - kind of the sound I imagine a mermaid might make if you punched her in the face.”

“I like you because you were mad. And you're pretty. And pretty sane for a mad person.”

“Every time you try to flirt with her, a puppy dies.”

“This pool is a triumph of imagination. That's how you win at life, Gin. You have to imagine your way through. Never say something can't be done. There's always a solution, even if it's weird.”

“WORTH IT and perfect are different things. No one’s perfect, yet in romance, everyone becomes WORTH IT. And that’s the trick.”

“Go see old virgins! Now ask a strange boy out, you shy, Retarded thing!”

“What the hell is wrong with you?" he asked.
It was a good question.”

“I can sleep like a champion. I once slept through a smoke alarm going off. For three hours.”

“Walk really, really carefully. It's not complicated, but if you mess up, you'll die, so pay attention.”

“There is no normal. I've never met a normal person. The concept is flawed. It implies that there is only one way people are supposed to be, and that can't possible be true. Human experience is far too varied.”

“The whole "weak in the knees" thing, which she always thought was just some idiotic expression back from the golden age of idiotic expressions, was real.
-Suite Scarlett”

“And what else is she?" Jerome asked. Jazza didn't offer any reply so I chimed in with, "A bitchweasel?"
"A bitchweasel!" Jazza's face lit up. "She's a bitchweasel! I love my new roommate.”

“Even though she had been warned, she tripped over the bike. She probably tripped because she'd been warned and was telling herself not to trip over the bike. She did that sometimes. It was often easier not to know what obstacles were in the way.”

“It was like the entire world was colluding to make me feel insane, and it was doing a really good job.”

“It was clearly one of those mornings when I was particularly American.”

“Were you playing with Stuart?" she asked.
The question was loaded. I was a filthy, filthy woman, and even the five-year-old knew it.”

“Don't get stabbed. It makes everything awkward.”

“Nothing was quite like it was supposed to be.”