Quotes from Meg Cabot

It's about the person's soul, Lizzie, not the parts they have on the outside. You know that." I'd nodded. Because that's true. At least, that's how it's supposed to be.

And what about FICA taxes? FICA—Federal Insurance Contributions Act (or as Tiffany insists the letters really stand for, Fucking Idiots taking my Cash Assets)—seems to eat up more of my paychecks than anything.

All I can think is if Dave Fernandez, who's been through so much pain and heartache, can navigate the crowded paths of Washington Square Park without being able to see, surely I can navigate the paths of my own life, murky as they've gotten lately.

When you're living with someone, you kind of stop dating. And that can take all the romance out of the relationship.

On the elevator there was a man whose job it is just to work the elevator. He rides in it up and down all day, so the rich people don't have to tire themselves out, pushing all the buttons. I bet he gets carsick. I looked around, but I didn't see any throw-up. They probably take the bucket away when no one is looking.

There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true. —Winston Churchill (1874–1965), British statesman

What's with the labels?" I demand, tugging back. "Why do people have to be defined by their sexual preference? Can't Shari just be Shari?

And every camera in the room turned to focus on my horror-stricken, blood-drained face.

finger sandwich, if I recall." "Yeah," I say. "I'm not so sure you want one of those. I looked it up a little while ago. That's when a girl has sex with two guys at once.

front hallway while they were gone.

Get to the point, Dad. I have a country to run.

They reminded her of the scary clown from Stephen King's It (a problematic but still highly popular, if slightly dated, read. She had to remember to show it to Elijah. It might appeal to him, since it was both humorous and gory, but also featured young people finding their true calling through helping others).

But don't you worry, Dad says, after he spends a moment digesting this information, that if you don't have children, there'll be one one to care for you in your old age? No, I say. Because I could have children, and they could turn out to hate me. The way I see it, I have friends who care about me now, so I'll probably have friends who'll care about me when I'm old, too. We'll take care of each other.

I like seals," he said to me, as if to excuse the apparent oddness of his taking the au pair to the zoo. Hmmm.

I was kind and friendly to him," Lulu said, shaking her head. "And I exuded confidence and charm. That's what I was trying to tell you. Anyone can do it. It doesn't matter how you look or what you're wearing.

I could see that some of the pink and white blossoms on the frangipani had been sent skittering across the courtyard, piling up against our front door, where they lay like inert ballerinas, their tutus deflated.

How about y'all take a seat now, and let's get right to business,' Muffy says as she tucks her cream-colored skirt beneath her in a ladylike manner. We all do as she suggested and take a seat, with the exception of Special Agent Lancaster, who declares he'd prefer to stand. I suppose if he sat down, the stick up his butt would lodge so deeply into his brain that he would instantly expire, and then we'd have another corpse on our hands, so it's just as well.

And of course walking through the quaint, sun-drenched town, the historic buildings—by law none were allowed to be more than two stories tall, because anything higher might impede a neighbor's view of the sunset—each painted a different shade of pink or blue or yellow, stopping for ice cream or groceries at the locally owned shops.

But it's pretty clear to me by now that Sarah just likes to talk to hear the sound of her own voice, so I let her go on, since she has no one else to talk to

L'chaim. It means 'to life.

Lenneth Valkyrie, recruiting souls of fallen warriors and leading them to Valhalla.

We're artists, Jo. We have to help one another in our hours of need, not tear each other down.

Peça a minha mão em casamento, Luke. Luke, peça a minha mão em casamento. Luke, eu sou o seu pai... Ah, não, espere...

So I said, "Wouldn't you be defensive if someone you didn't know started asking you stuff about your schizophrenic brother?" But he said no, he wouldn't—not unless he had something to hide. So then I said the only thing I had to hide was the fact that I wanted to give him a big old knuckle sandwich