Quotes from Sarah Mlynowski

Aladdin is in love!

Party, party, party!" Mr. Butler yells.

You know, Penny says, it would make sense to move movie night to Friday night permanently, don't you think? It'll be Penny, Robin, Abby, and Frankie movie night. She grins. We'll call it PRAFM!

And have a burger." "With fries, not flies," Jonah adds. I laugh.

if Robin or Frankie wanted to sleep for a hundred years my feelings

Maybe we should hear Jack's plan first," Jonah says. "He hasn't even thought of one," I say with an edge. "I'd like to hear Abby's idea," Jack says. Right answer, kid. "Yeah, me too," Jonah says, smiling at Jack. I give Jonah the side-eye.

Just to make sure it wasn't cancer. Or a heart attack. Or lymphangioleiomyomatosis. Which, sure, only affected one out of a million people, but it started with a cough, and if you were the one out of a million, then you were done-like-dinner within the year.

Is Jonah blushing? Yes! His cheeks are pink. I can practically see cartoon hearts shooting out of his scrawny chest as he sneaks another peek at Lali. I think Jonah has his first crush! "Dadi

Good-bye," he says. "Bring back the lamp." Not going to happen, mister.

Funny how life messed with you.

My cellphone calls random people.

I feel more pressure when I'm writing for teens. I'm very aware that my audience is impressionable. Therefore, I'm far more careful about what I say and the language I use.

I love you: You imagine hearing the words from someone not related to you, someone not your best friend, but when someone you love, someone you dream about, actually says them, it makes your body melt and your breath get caught in your chest.

Sometimes you don't need lightning to start a fire. Sometimes, it builds on its own.

No one was perfect. But we all did the best we could. I guessed you had to forgive when you could, move on when you couldn't, and love your family and friends for who they were instead of punishing them for who they weren't.

Just because a relationship ends, it doesn't mean it's not worth having.

We're all crazy. What's your specific form of crazy?

I love you." You imagine hearing the words from someone related not related to you, someone not your best friend, but when someone you love, you dream about, actually says them, it makes your body melt and your breath get caught in your chest. "You love me?" I asked, leaning toward him. He nodded. "Say it again" I said. I let my knee bump against his. "I love you," he repeated.

They write songs about California girls for a reason.

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck chlamydia?

She said people found running to something easier than running from something.

You can tell a lot about a person not just by their successes, but by how they deal with their setbacks

Funny how life messed with you.

Biological clock? I don't even own a watch.