Judy Blume Quotes
Judy Blume Quotes
That's not a bad word...hate and war are bad words, but fuck isn't.
3095Snoring keeps the monsters away.
4769My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.
3595Things change…things happen…things you can’t even imagine when you’re young and full of hope.
3025The truth will make you odd.
1981Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.
2364If you aren't any religion, how will you know if you should join the Y or the Jewish Community Center?
4639We must, we must, we must increase our bust.
2298Are you there God? It's me, Margaret.
1794Sex is a commitment...Once you're there you can't go back to holding hands...and when you give yourself both mentally and physically...well, you're completely vulnerable.
2289Nights are the worst. You just don't know what it's like for me, trying not to think of [him]...knowing that we're going to be apart for so long. It's pure torture.
3652I made promises to you that I'm not sure I can keep.
2216...Sometimes spending a lot of time together can end a romance faster than anything else.
1930[I]t's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.
3756I think the child I was until 12 was so much more interesting than the teenager I became. As a teenager, you get wrapped up in your friends and sexual stuff, and the imaginative life you had, it just goes. And mine was so rich and fun. Fortunately, I was able to tap back into that later on [through my books] to save my life.
1931Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me.
4878I still get angry when older people assume that everyone in my generation, screws around. They're probably the same ones who think all kids use dope. It's true that we are more open than our parents but that just means we accept sex and talk about it. It doesn't mean we are all jumping into bed together.
1425You've got to enjoy whatever you can and forget about the rest.
3264Do you think just having a baby automatically makes you love it?'
'I'm not sure... you might have to learn to love it, like any other person.
3651In this age of censorship, I mourn the loss of books that will never be written, I mourn the voices that will be silenced-writers' voices, teachers' voices, students' voices-and all because of fear.
1728We are friends for life. When we’re together the years fall away. Isn’t that what matters? To have someone who can remember with you? To have someone who remembers how far you’ve come?
2500Victoria closes her eyes, breathing in the familiar scent, and for a moment it's as if they've never been apart. They're still Vixen and Cassandra, summer sisters forever. The rest is a mistake, a crazy joke.
1861A person can have a happy and fulfilling life without children.
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