Quotes from Meg Cabot

When I did see the story of Persephone, I was really drawn to it. Persephone, the goddess of spring, was kept from Olympus by her mother, Demeter, because Demeter was very worried that the gods of Olympus would do something terrible to her.

I used to draw and illustrate, but I don't do that anymore because I just like to write. I like to leave the illustrations to actual professional illustrators.

I think you get so wrapped up in the book you're currently writing, it's hard to think about anything else. But I know as soon as I'm done with this book, I'll move on to something else.

Unrequited love is all right in books and things, but in real life, it completely sucks

Chaz looks me dead in the eye and says, 'Why yes, Lizzie. I'm manically depressed because the girl I've finally realized I've always been in love with, and who I was beginning to think just might love me back, turned around and got herself engaged to my best friend, who, frankly, doesn't deserve her. Does that answer your question?

There is a difference between listening and hearing, just as there is a difference between seeing and knowing.

Whoa. If high school was suppose to be the best years of my life - at least so far - I was truly destined to have a sucky adulthood.

I wonder what it's like to live in Tinaville. I get the feeling it's very shiny there.

Needless to say, the fact that he actually spoke to me at all practically caused me to pass out. And then the fact that he was actually saying something that sounded like it might be a prelude to asking me out - well, I nearly threw up. I mean it. I felt really sick, but in a good way.

But then I remembered something Grandmere had once assured me of: No one has ever died of embarrassment-never, not once in the whole history of time.

Bite me, Harry Potter.

That hurt querida, that really hurt

There will be no more British guys. Unless they are members of the royal family, of course.

I loved you way before you ever had a chance to put a spell on me. I loved you at 'I've never been to Long Island,' Zach said. I couldn't keep a big goofy grin from my face. I loved you at 'I like seals,' I admitted. He grinned back.

if you give a man a fish he'll eat for a day, if you teach a man to fish he'll eat all the fish you may have caught for yourself

And in what fairy tale would John ever be any sane person's idea of Prince Charming anyway? He was the opposite of charming. More like Prince Terrifying.

Hasn't anyone ever told you," Jesse asked, in a semi-amused voice, " that a gentleman never lays a hand on a lady?" Which I thought was kind of funny, considering where Jesse had had his hand the last time I'd seen him. But I thought it better to let that slide.

Sometimes what you want is right in front of you. All you have to do is open your eyes and see it.

Anything can happen in the blink of an eye. Anything at all. One. Two. Three. Blink.

You know your Lamborghini is on fire, right?

Remember... life is short. Each moment you have is precious. Treasure every second. Don't spend them doing anything you don't love.

In a way, I was incrediibly proud of her (not that I had any intention of letting it show while I was beating the crap out of her).

However, because they have no actual interests of their own (or if they do, they squelch them in order to fit in) and merely pursue those that they think will look best on their college apps, they're zombies.

You know. Life's short. If you don't try new things, you'll never know what you're best at. And you can only make time for new things by quitting the things you know don't work for you.