Maureen Johnson Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• Fear can't hurt you," she said. "When it washes over you, give it no power. It's a snake with no venom. Remember that. That knowledge can save you.

  Maureen Johnson

  Hurt, Snakes, Giving

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.161, Penguin

• Being an author means, almost by definition, that you make up characters and then complicate their lives. That's it, really. You make up characters and give them problem after problem after problem.

  Maureen Johnson

  Writing, Character, Mean

• I decided to deflect her attitude by giving a long, Southern answer. I come from people who know how to draw things out. Annoy a Southerner, and we will drain away the moments of your life with our slow, detailed replies until you are nothing but a husk of your former self and that much closer to death.

  Maureen Johnson

  Attitude, Self, Long

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.22, Penguin

• We study there a lot because... what other choice does society give us, right? It's Starbucks or death, sometimes.

  Maureen Johnson

  Giving, Choices, Doe

• It was fine," I said stiffly. "We played Mouse Trap." "Is that what they're calling it these days?" she asked, throwing me a terrible grin. "I have to go give Rachel a quick bath. Feel free to make yourself some cocoa or whatever you like!" She stopped short of adding "...future child-bride of my only son.

  Maureen Johnson

  Children, Son, Giving

  John Green, Lauren Myracle, Maureen Johnson (2009). “Let It Snow: Three Holiday Stories”, p.68, Penguin

• I remember how, at first, I had felt the tension in his lips, as if he was trying to make a barrier between us - then they had relaxed, parted slightly. And that's when I had known he wanted to kiss me, wanted to give in. That little parting of the lips, the little sigh that came out... I would hear that sigh forever. That little, little sound when the whole world seemed to open up.

  Maureen Johnson

  Kissing, Giving, Forever

• i miss you so much it's giving me a pain in my pancreas.

  Maureen Johnson

  Pain, Giving, Missing

• Sometimes it is worth any amount of suffering just to prevent giving your parents the opportunity to be right.

  Maureen Johnson

  Opportunity, Giving, Parent

• She looks like a jumper to me. Jumpers do that a lot, stand on the edge and stare out. Never kill yourself in a Tube station. Tip number one. You might end up down here forever, staring at the wall." Stephen coughed a little. "Just giving advice," Callum said.

  Maureen Johnson

  Wall, Numbers, Giving

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.132, Penguin

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