Quotes from Judy Blume

Anything could go wrong any day of the week. What's the point of worrying in advance?

You think everything can be magically cured with vitamins?" "Everything but us.

Sex is a commitment...Once you're there you can't go back to holding hands...and when you give yourself both mentally and physically...well, you're completely vulnerable.

As long as she loves me and I love her, what difference does religion make?

Are you there God? It's me, Margaret. I just told my mother I want a bra. Please help me grow God. You know where.

Why do they wait until sixth grade when you already know everything?

It's true that we are more open than our parents but that just means we accept sex and talk about it. It doesn't mean we are all jumping in bed together.

but you don't want your fears to limit your possibilities.

Suppose there aren't any more A + days once you get to be twelve? Wouldn't that be something! To spend the rest of your life looking for an A + day and not finding it.

As a kid, Vix had had some warped idea that grownup meant having a job and living on your own. It meant no one could tell you what to eat, or what to wear, or how to behave. It meant that it was okay to have sex with guys. What a joke!

I am not scared of you, I am scare of these feelings.

Censors don't want children exposed to ideas different from their own. If every individual with an agenda had his/her way, the shelves in the school library would be close to empty.

How do you stop yourself from worrying?" "I think of all the good things in my life." "What about the bad things?" "There's no room for them inside my head. Not anymore. Now I say live and let live, and I kick those other thoughts away.

I made promises to you that I'm not sure I can keep.

Keep busy, Sandy ... when you're busy you don't have time to brood ... Life should be more than keeping busy. Maybe it should be, but for most of us, it's not.

I lived in New York for eleven and a half years and I don't think anybody ever asked me about my religion. I never even thought about it. Now, all of a sudden, it was the big thing in my life.

You weren't always born to the right parents. And parents didn't necessarily get the kids they were meant to raise.

It's funny how you can grow away from your friends, when just a few years ago they were the most important people in your life.

hi I hope u want to be my friends

You better get used to it. You're going to be on the ground a lot today, but cheer up... tomorrow you'll be an expert.

A person can have a happy and fulfilling life without children.

When Miri asked if she believed in God, what was she supposed to say? 'Of course I believe in God,' she'd told her. 'But how could God let such a terrible thing happen?' 'It's not God's job to decide what happens,' she'd said. 'It's his job to help you through it.

Terrible things can happen in this life but being in love changes everything. It gives you something to hold on to.

It's not God's job to decide what happens," she'd said. "It's his job to help you get