Quotes from Meg Cabot

French: why does this language even exist? Everyone there speaks english anyway.

If it turned out Brandon Stark also likes to dress up as Strwberry Shortcake while playing croquet with his miniture pony collection, I totally wouldn't be surprised anymore.

I have nothing against Sean Penn. I don't even mind that he ended up divorcing Madonna. I mean, I still like Shia LaBeouf even though he chose to star in Transformers, which turned out to be a movie about robots from space. That Talk. Which is just as bad as choosing to divorce Madonna, if you ask me

Accept the things I cannot change, I said. And pray for the courage to change the things I can, as well as the wisdom to know the difference. The thing is... I know this is good advice. It's called the Serenity Prayer, and it really does put things in perspective (it's suppose to be for recovering alcoholics, but it helps recovering freakoutaholics, like me, as well).

That's the problem with your generation, Amelia. You all want happy endings." I was so stunned I think my eye stopped twitching momentarily. "We don't, actually," I said. "We want endings that leave us with a sense of hope, possibly because the world we're living in seems to be falling apart right now.

Who-who are you? Seth asked, hesitantly.Wh-what do you want? How else was was I supposed to reply? The words were out of my mouth before I could stop them.I mean, I'd only seen the movie like seventeen times. I'm Luke Skywalker, I said. I'm here to rescue you.

it was never a good idea to date a foreigner. You can never tell when they're lying.' 'hello. Dave was BRITISH.

I don't think he could ever be a serial killer. He's way too shy. That Ted Bundy guy, he was pretty outgoing , from what I heard.

I snatched the paper away from Dopey. Hey, he yelled. I was reading that! Let somebody who can pronounce all the big words have a try, I said.

Kill her for me, she said in that whiny little-girl voice. Diego took a step toward me, wearing an expression that told me he was only too happy to oblige his lady love. Oh, what? I said. I wasn't even scared. I didn't care anymore. The numbness in my heart had pretty much taken over my whole body. You always do what she tells you? You know, we have a word for that now. It's called being whipped.

I can't kill someone! You hit your brother in the head with a fire extinguisher. But that was family! And I didn't kill him.

And I'm sure than in Poland, or somewhere, it is considered cool to drive a Porsche and wear necklaces and black silk, but at least back in Brooklyn if you did those things you were either a drug dealer or from New Jersey.

Mia, I'm not sorry. And I'll wait. Love, Michael.

Only a fool is never afraid, Frank. Heroes are the people who carry on despite their fear, because they know the job's got to get done

When something horrible happens, it's human nature to want to blame it on someone. We want someone to be held accountable, even though sometimes things just happen.

You want a happy romantic relationship? Don't ruin it by getting married.

Cal: "Could you write a little bigger? I'm not sure China saw that." Every Boy's Got One

But I intend to enjoy the weeks I have left with you to the fullest. Because I know from my study of the philosophy of time, whatever is going to happen in the future is already unavoidable.

it's only by studying the mistakes of the past," Lucien said mildly, "that we can even have a future

But I guess you would look beatific, too, if the man you had been in love with since the fifth grade had told you that he was in love with you, too.

What is the sound of one hand clapping? What is the weight of a single grain of sand? The answer is equal to my interest in the message you are about to leave so make it short. -- Mitch Hertzog's voice mail message.

Cal: "Yesterday I was stuck in a car with you for eight hours." Bastard. I didn't even sing along with the radio. Much. Me: "Yeah. And?" Cal: "Something happened." Me: "If you're referring to my driving skills, may I just say I didn't TOUCH that truck. What you felt was just the wind. We were going pretty fast. And there wasn't even a scratch. I checked." Every Boy's Got One

I think we make our own luck. Our parents give us life, but what we do with that life is our own responsibility.

Adam gave me a scandalized look. Fraternizing with the enemy! he cried. For shame, wench!