“Lilly: Mia, when I recognize a human soul crying out for self-actualization, I am powerless to stop myself. I must do what I can to see that that person’s dream is realized.
[Gee, I haven’t noticed Lilly doing all that much to help me realize my dream of
French-kissing her brother. But on the other hand, I have not exactly made that dream known to her.]”
― Meg Cabot, quote from Princess in the Spotlight
“And you know what? Maybe Michael didn’t write those notes. And maybe he doesn’t
think I’m the Josiest girl in school.But he thought I looked nice in my pink dress. And that’s all that matters to me.”
― Meg Cabot, quote from Princess in the Spotlight
“And I think
What does it matter
that it is not a linear equation if any variable is raised to a power?
We’re all just going to die anyway.”
― Meg Cabot, quote from Princess in the Spotlight
“It’s sort of weird to be hugged by your Algebra teacher. That’s all I have to say.”
― Meg Cabot, quote from Princess in the Spotlight
“One of her best paintings, Woman Enjoying a Quick Snack at Starbucks, is hanging in their dining room.”
― Meg Cabot, quote from Princess in the Spotlight
“Get to see how he treats his mother/sister/housekeeper (critical clues as to how he will treat any prospective girlfriend).”
― Meg Cabot, quote from Princess in the Spotlight
“When Louie is upset with us for, say, forgetting to feed him, he eats any socks he might find lying around.”
― Meg Cabot, quote from Princess in the Spotlight
“Get Mom to stop hanging bras on bedroom doorknob”
― Meg Cabot, quote from Princess in the Spotlight
“Today Rommel had on a mink bolero jacket. I am not even joking. It was dyed lavender to match the one slung across Grandmère’s shoulders.”
― Meg Cabot, quote from Princess in the Spotlight
“It’s like I’ve struck a blow for dweebs everywhere, or something.”
― Meg Cabot, quote from Princess in the Spotlight
“Mia Thermopolis, 1005 Thompson Street, #4A”
― Meg Cabot, quote from Princess in the Spotlight
Meg Cabot
Born place: in Bloomington, Indiana, The United States
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“Jetez sur une étoile un rapide coup d'œil, regardez-la obliquement, en tournant vers elle la partie latérale de la rétine (beaucoup plus sensible à une lumière faible que la partie centrale), et vous verrez l'étoile plus distinctement; vous aurez l'appréciation la plus juste de son éclat, éclat qui s'obscurcit à proportion que vous dirigez votre vue en plein sur elle. Dans le dernier cas, il tombe sur l'œil un plus grand nombre de rayons; mais dans le premier, il y a une réceptibilité plus complète, une susceptibilité beaucoup plus vive. Une profondeur outrée affaiblit la pensée et la rend perplexe; et il est possible de faire disparaître Vénus elle-même du firmament par une attention trop soutenue, trop concentrée, trop directe.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, quote from Tales of Mystery and Imagination
“...is it not to the mercies of the eyes of others that we commit ourselves on our journey through the world?”
― Angela Carter, quote from Nights at the Circus
“Rule number one: never assume your mate spends all her time in the kitchen.”
― Nicky Charles, quote from The Mating
“Nearly everywhere I've been, popular wisdom has it that the location of humanity's original planet is unknown, mysterious. In fact it isn't, as anyone who troubles to read on the subject will discover, but it is very, very, very far away from nearly anywhere, and not a tremendously interesting place. Or at the very least, not nearly as interesting as the enchanting idea that your people are not newcomers to their homes but in fact only recolonized the place they had belonged from the beginning of time. One meets this claim anywhere one finds a remotely human-habitable planet.”
― Ann Leckie, quote from Ancillary Justice
“The only thing I regret is that it ever ended. And I'm the one who's jealous. Insanely so.”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from One Tiny Lie
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Who Fears Death
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