Quotes from Meg Cabot

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something is more important than fear. The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all.

I'll say she's brave," Grandma chimes in. "She's going to England day after tomorrow to hump some guy she barely knows.

Stockerdörfl.

Nothing is hopeless where true love is concerned.

you can burn just as many calories walking as you can running. So why run?

suddenly up and died. Really.

Parenthood is the most difficult, demanding job in the entire world

It was Valentine's Day, and where was I? Freezing my butt off in a cemetery, that's where. Romantic, right?

Have a slice of orange—traditionally

He knew Carolina de Silva.

As a staff babysitter, it's my responsibility, after punching in, to ask for my assignment for the day. That's when I find out whether I'll be washing strained carrots or burger fixings out of my hair after work. On the whole, I prefer burgers, but there's something to be said for strained carrots: generally the people who eat them can't talk back to you.

The average citizen would probably be surprised to learn how often librarians—many of whom had masters degrees—were called upon to dispose of diapers or unclog toilets, though this was not listed anywhere in their job description.

what kind of normal person wants to hug, or be hugged by, a lot of pointy bones? It would be one thing if she were naturally pointy.

I wasn't seeing much of a long-term career in waitressing—which, for a girl who doesn't even like standing up to wash her hair, can be brutal—

Happy and thrice happy are those who enjoy an uninterrupted union, and whose love, unbroken by any sour complaints, shall not dissolve until the last day of their existence. Horace (65 B.C.–8 B.C.), Roman lyric poet

Then again, to be a published author, you had to have more than a little confidence in yourself. Otherwise you'd never have the courage to share your writing with the world, much less continue trying to do so after the inevitable rejections and bad reviews.

And DEET isn't exactly the eau d'amour, if you know what I mean.

HATE LUISA FERRARI.

I want to be with guys who have more on their minds than where the next keg party is. I want to be with guys who care about making this world a better place. I want to be with guys who know that what's important isn't the size of a girl's waistband but the size of her heart. I want to be with guys who are able to see past a girls outward appearance, and into her soul.

Like Grandmère says, every woman needs at least eight hours of sleep a night so that she can wake refreshed upon the morning to battle the new day.

It was OK. Except for the whole no-bathroom thing. And the part where I kept hitting myself in the thumb with a hammer. - Mia Thermopolis (The Atom, School Newspaper)

mad as a bee caught under a pickle jar

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want. Lao Tzu

Just because he played his stupid violin at Carnegie Hall when he was twelve does not make him hot.