Quotes from Judy Blume

Margo would never voluntarily live with such an angry, critical person. Never. But when it was your own child you had no choice. So she kept on trying, kept hoping for the best, kept waiting for the sweetness to come back.

not everything has to have a point, some things just are.

Help the Retarded. Two

And tell Denise I'll come and get her when her phone call comes through." I still didn't go. Because all of a sudden I had the greatest idea of how to show the Tarrytown kids that I was an expert at something besides bandaging legs. "We had a class newspaper last year," I told

Yet," Fudge said. Then he took off again, laughing like a lunatic.

I wonder what it's like watching ladies try on underwear all day? I'd really like to get a look at that!

I've been looking for you God. I looked in temple. I looked in church. And today, I looked for you when I wanted to confess. But you weren't there. I didn't feel you at all. Not the way I do when I talk to you at night. Why God? Why do I only feel you when I'm alone?

don't you scrub up and have your dinner, and then you can decide where to go," Mom said. I didn't want to admit that I was hungry, but I was. And

What kind of family were they? she wondered. What kind of family isn't able to comfort one another?

Miri liked to think of her as Corinne. She liked thinking of all the adults in her life by their first names. It made them seem more interesting, less like parents and more like regular people with stories of their own

where they'd both

As soon as I got into bed I started touching myself. I have this special place and when I rub it I get a very nice feeling. I don't know what it's called

There's a lot of stuff you know and you don't even know how you know it!

Are you there God? It's me, Margaret. I've been to church. I didn't feel anything special in there God. Even though I wanted to. I'm sure it has nothing to do with you.

It's not God's job to decide what happens," she'd said. "It's his job to help you get through it." If only she really believed that.

The next day, when I got up, Fudge's bed was empty. He doesn't know you're supposed to sleep late when

When I heard that I got so mad I kicked a closet

There might be no tomorrow and even if there is, nobody gives a damn.

So what if she ordered an ice cream soda before lunch? Who was going to tell her she couldn't have exactly what she wanted?

But we're all dreamers, I think.

At Doodlets, a funny little shop crammed full of gifts with cat motifs, I get Bitsy a pot holder with a cat face on it and a set of catnip toys for Minka. I buy two rolls of cat wrapping paper, and while Jane is off searching for gifts for her family, I bought her a cat mobile, to hang in her room.

Roses are red Violets are blue You are my friend And I am yours, too.

Goodbye, Daddy. I love you. I'll always love you. This doesn't mean that I'm not going to think about you anymore. This doesn't mean that I'm never going to think about that night, either. Because that night happened. And there's nothing I can do to change the facts. But from now on I'm going to remember the good times. From now on I'm going to remember you full of life and full of love.

She accused me of being a political lesbian, not a biological one, and when I refused to give up men she got so pissed she cut my panties into little pieces and tossed them out the window