Judy Blume · 149 pages
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“We must, we must, we must increase our bust.”
“Are you there God? It's me, Margaret.”
“It's not so much that I like him as a person God, but as a boy he's very handsome.”
“I like one hair, tuna fish, the smell of rain and things that are pink. I hate pimples, baked potatoes, when my mother's mad, and religious holidays.”
“Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret. I just told my mother I want a bra. Please help me grow God. You know where.”
“Why do they wait until sixth grade when you already know everything?”
“As long as she loves me and I love her, what difference does religion make?”
“Especially since my mother says Grandma is too much of an influence on me.”
“I must—I must—I must increase my bust.”
“How can I stop worrying when I don’t know if I’m going to turn out normal?” “I promise, you’ll turn out normal.” Are”
“...Since the mind, which was meant to be reasonable and intelligent, has, by dark and inveterate vices, become too weak to adhere joyously to His unchangeable light (or even to bear it) until, by gradual renewal and healing, it is made fit for such happiness, its first need was to be instructed by faith and purified.”
“You're better off believing in God they'd warn you, just in case. Because you'd hate to arrive at the gates of heaven a nonbeliever and find out the Christians had been right all along. It was a pretty ingenious line of thinking. It almost made me want to go to church. Not enough to actually go, but still.”
“Alas that he did not ask the question then! I still sorrow for him on that account. For when the sword was put into his hand, it was a sign to him that he should ask. And I pity too his sweet host whom God's displeasure does not spare and who could have been freed from it by a question.”
“I know you're no worse than most men but I thought you were better. I never saw you as a man. I saw you as my father.”
“He knew time could heal. But it could also do more damage. A forest fire, spread over time, would consume everything.”
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