Quotes from Judy Blume

Sometimes spending a lot of time together can end a romance faster than anything else

Berman's foot measure. Then he turned it around and I put my right foot in. That's another reason why my mother thinks Mr. Berman is good at selling

You've got to enjoy whatever you can and forget about the rest

Robin . . . robin . . ." Uncle Feather repeated.

Remember this, Precious Child … nothing matters but the moment. There might be no tomorrow and even if there is, nobody gives a damn.

1 The Big Winner

thought how great it would be if we could

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

There's a brown leather section, a green leather section, a red leather section and a tan leather section. Upstairs, there are four bedrooms, all in a row. And everywhere you look there are fireplaces. There's one in every bedroom, there's one in the living room, another in the dining room and still another in the library. There aren't any in the bathrooms or the kitchen. My mother and father call the

That's right! And I'm going to tell him exactly how I got these stains on my

Through all kinds of weather What if the sky should fall Just as long as we're together It doesn't matter at all

Fluzzy, where are you? Fluzzy, what am I going to tell them if you get lost? How can I get lost when she won't let me out of the house?

In the unlikely event…she hears the flight attendant saying in her head. Life is a series of unlikely events, isn't it? Hers certainly is. One unlikely event after another, adding up to a rich, complicated whole. And who knows what's still to come? Lily looks out the window, then back at her. "My dad says unlikely events aren't all bad. There are good ones, too.

Fluzzy, you're driving me crazy!

PART ONE Dancing Queen 1977–1980

You're my only child. You're my life. So when it comes to doing stupid things, don't. Because I couldn't stand it if I lost you.

Jimmy Fargo's birthday party. All the other guys got to take home goldfish in little plastic bags. I won him because I guessed there were three hundred and forty-eight jelly beans in Mrs. Fargo's jar. Really

This grandmother person looked Vix, Lewis, and Lanie up and down without moving her head. Then she said, "Well, Tawny, I can see you've been busy." And that was it. Tawny didn't cry when Darlene died the next day.

They were married by a justice of the peace when Ed got out of the service. The young lawyer, who wasn't that young anymore, threw a party for them in his backyard. Tawny didn't invite Darlene. Didn't even tell Ed her mother was living.

There's a difference between lonely and alone.

If being in love means giving up your freedom, not to mention your opportunities," Caitlin said, "then I haven't missed anything.

Why anyone has children when they could have dogs is beyond me.

Anyone who's willing to run, I'm not willing to vote for.

The best way to learn a foreign language is to fuck interesting foreigners.