Quotes from Judy Blume

A life without goals isn't worth living.

That night after supper, Jimmy and I used up a whole jar of Noxzema. We had sunburned faces, necks and ears. Our ears hurt more than anything. "Why didn't you use suntan lotion?" Mom asked. "I never burn," Jimmy said. "Famous last words," Grandma said.

Kliner. I touched my special place practically every night. It was the only way I could fall asleep and besides, it felt good.

windup train that made a lot of noise. Every time it bumped into something it turned around and went the other way. Fudge liked it a lot. He likes anything that's noisy.

Ralph arrived first. He's really fat. And he isn't even four years old. He doesn't say much either. He grunts and grabs a lot, though. Usually his mouth is stuffed full of something.

Then again, maybe I won't.

I don't know where I stand in the world. I don't know who I am. That's why I read. To find myself. - Elizabeth, Age 13

Steph!" Rachel cried, lowering the window shades. "I wish you'd remember you're going into junior high. You can't run around like a baby anymore. Where's your bra?

I wanted to tell him that I will never be sorry for loving him. That in a way I still do—that maybe I always will. I'll never regret one single thing we did together because what we had was very special. Maybe if we were ten years older it would have worked out differently. Maybe. I think it's just that I'm not ready for forever.

contributed to the disaster.

You have to admit it's embarrassing that she's pregnant at thirty-three. And he's eleven years older. I feel sorry for their baby. Think of it—when the baby is our age your mother will be almost fifty and my father will be sixty. They'll be more like grandparents than parents.

Dingleberry: a small clot of dung, as clinging to the hindquarters of an animal.

a real sport." The waiter popped the cork and

Thith ith too nautheating for wordth!" Libby said, grabbing Jake and running back into the house.

Nobody ever worries about me the way they worry about Fudge. If I decided not to eat they'd probably never even notice!

Forget it . . . I'm never

Jennie had a big smile on her face. Next thing I knew there was a puddle on

Then remember what I'm telling you. Keep your feelings to yourself. Don't ever show anyone your disappointment

fourth grade nothing.

Nothing like having a miser in the family.

It's all about remembering, it's all about being fifteen and in love for the first time.

It's very foolish to laugh if you don't know what's funny in the first place.

That's not a bad word... hate and war are bad words, but fuck isn't.

And now she was going. She was going to walk up the steps leading to the silver bird that would gobble her up, holding her in its belly until it reached its faraway destination, where it would spit her out. In one piece, she hoped.