“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
“Since it was there, Larkin got another bowl, spooned up stew for himself.
“He fights with us. We’re an army.”
“An army? Talk about delusions of grandeur. What are you?” she asked Glenna.
“Witch.”
“So, we’ve got a witch, a sorcerer, a couple of refugees from Geall and a vampire. Some army.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from Morrigan's Cross
“This book was made possible by the letter “ø.”
― Jessica Day George, quote from Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow
“I feel like I’m on my back, and there’s the Sistine Chapel, and I’m painting away. I like it when people say, ‘Gee, that’s a pretty good-looking painting.’ But it’s my painting, and when somebody says, ‘Why don’t you use more red instead of blue?’ Good-bye. It’s my painting. And I don’t care what they sell it for. The painting itself will never be finished. That’s one of the great things about it.”
― Alice Schroeder, quote from The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
“Birdy Edwards is here. I am Birdy Edwards!”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, quote from The Valley of Fear
“The churches failed to realize that the working-class movement was the movement of the humiliated and oppressed supplicating for justice. They did not choose to work with and for them to create the kingdom of God on earth. By siding with the oppressors, they deprived the working-class movement of God. And now they reproach it for being godless. The Pharisees!”
― Milan Kundera, quote from The Joke
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