Quotes from Megan McCafferty

Yet another example of how every girl had to be one or the other: Pretty or smart.

But the closer I got to my own marriage and maternity, the more I felt like I was only as praiseworthy as my healthy womb. Why was I the only one who seemed to see it this way?

You gotta take chances in this life or you're already dead.

I never understood the point if being sad when I could choose to be happy.

Bridget is my age and lives across the street. For the first twelve years of my life, these qualifications were all I needed in a best friend. But that was before Bridget's braces came off and her boyfriend Burke got on, before Hope and I met in our seventh grade Honors classes.

the birthrates aren't falling any more drastically than our own. . . ." There's some booing. And an angry voice in the crowd shouts, "Socialist!

How do you react to something like that? How? How do you react when you find out the exact opposite of what you've been telling yourself is true?

words can serve as a bomb or a balm..." -Harmony

You, yes, you, linger inside my heart The same you who stopped us before we could start I didn't want to leave, but you began to believe Your own crocodile lies.

We were perfect in our imperfection.

By going through what we have, we helped each other be the people we're supposed to be.

We are the way we're supposed to be.

Because I know you.

But Jessica, we have all the time in the world.

For the first time in my life, I wasn't thinking about what would happen in the seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years to come. I was right there in the moment, my world finally, albeit briefly, complete. And I was happy. Deliriously, deliciously happy.

They love their God and they love their guns. They will shoot you first and pray for forgiveness later.