Quotes from Meg Cabot

When people look you in the eye and call you stupid, dont look away, but tell them that half of the world is stupid and they are one of them because they are dening their own stupidity.

You didn't, John said, stepping from the shadows as he clapped for me, even hit your head this time.

Whatever. Boris, must you constantly breathe on me?

great. now i was starting to get jealous of myself.

Zach had rushed down to rescue me without remembering to put a shirt on...Maybe I had died and gone to heaven.

I just want to let you know that when I look into my future, I see nothing but you." That's what Chaz had whispered in my ear at some point during the wedding last night. Then he'd whispered. "And you're not even wearing Spanx.

How is it that I'd nearly been smothered to death, and yet I could sit there and notice things like my stepbrother's abdominal muscles a few minutes later?

You just said you were sorry. ... I was only apologizing, he said stiffly, for startling you. The applause was to compliment you on the improvement in your life-saving techniques since the last time you-

So take my advice: whatever you do? Don't blink

Was it frisson when you saw a guy smile and it made your heart act all weird?

Tell me Jesse, does she sigh when you kiss her too

I didn't even think about suggesting he take the boots off. There'd probably be a apocalypse or something.

Honey, some boys stopped by to see you. They had wood.

Why had I taken all those useless classes like bio and German when I should have been taking lipreading?

You know in sixth grade, when they made all of us girls go into this other room and watch a video about getting our periods and stuff? I bet while we were gone, the boys were watching a video about how to look at each other in that infuriating way.

I've never even been to Long Island

Well, hi, CeeCee, I said. Hi, Adam. Nice of you two to drop by. Ever heard of knocking? Oh, please, CeeCee said. Why? Because we might interrupt you and your precious Jesse? Jesse, upon hearing this, raised his eyebrows. Way up.

Inside the envelope with the letter was a little Princess Leia action figure USB flash drive. (they make these?) For me to store my novel on, since he was right-I never back up my computer's hard drive. The sight of it-it's Princess Leia in her Hoth outfit, my favorite of her costumes (how had he remembered?) brought tears to my eyes.

Didn't your mother ever tell you, Rob asked, that you're supposed to play hard to get? I looked at his lips. I probably don't need to tell you that they're really nice lips, kind of full and strong-looking. What, I wanted to know, is that going to get me?

They've arrested Sebastian! For m-murder! You've g-got to stop them! He d-didn't do it! He can't have done it! He doesn't believe in murder! He's a v-vegetarian!

Nice to know I have that effect on boys. I mean, Christopher doesn't even know I exist, and Brandon Stark practically throws up when he sees me. Having my brain transplated into a supermodel's body was doing wonders for my love life.

Did you see him? I know the photo was grainy, but he looks like one of those death metal goth heads, or whatever they're called. All dressed in black with long hair I took umbrage at my mother describing my boyfriend this way. John was the Lord of the Underworld. How else was he supposed to dress?

I don't really know. I've never rescued a girl I love from the Furies before. He looked alarmed as he noticed my eyes were filling with tears. Don't cry. How can I not? I asked him. You just said you love me. Why else did you think all of this was happening? He set the book aside to wrap his arms around me. The Furies wouldn't be trying to kill you if I didn't love you.

I like 'em big. And stupid. Don't tell my husband.