Maureen Johnson Quotes - Page 7

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• Why are Americans so fascinated by Ireland?" Keith asked... "you all think you're Irish. What's the appeal? Do you like the accent more? Is it all the magical rocks? Oh, look, a lep­rechaun.

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  Thinking, Rocks, Keith

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• Sometimes I even felt like he dated me as part of his plan, like they were going to have a checklist on the application, and one of the things to tick off was going to be, "Do you have a reasonably intelligent girlfriend who shares your aspirations, and who is fully prepared to accept your limited availability?

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  Girlfriend, Intelligent, Availability

  John Green, Lauren Myracle, Maureen Johnson (2009). “Let It Snow: Three Holiday Stories”, p.46, Penguin

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• I looked at the stained-glass image of the lamb in the window above me, but that only reminded me that lambs are famous for being led to slaughter, or sometimes hanging out with lions in ill-advised relationships.

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  Glasses, Lambs, Lions

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.162, Penguin

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• I had one class in the morning, the mysteriously named "Further Maths". It was two hours long and so deeply frightening that I think I went into a trance.

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  Morning, Math, Thinking

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.32, Penguin

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• It was almost funny. Life seemed downright accidental in its brevity, and death a punch line to a lousy joke.

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  Funny Life, Lines, Brevity

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.139, Penguin

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• With that, I splashed some water on my face, fixed on a smile, and stepped out. I would find Jerome. I would make him explain to me what I was missing. We would laugh, then we would kiss with tongue, and all would be well.

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  Kissing, Water, Laughing

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.109, Penguin

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• We all know what we're doing. Whether we realize it or not.

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  Realizing, Knows

  Maureen Johnson (2013). “Suite Scarlett”, p.54, Hot Key Books

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• i get a little romantic about the old Empire State. Just looking at it makes me want to play some Frank Sinatra tunes and sway a little. I have a crush on a building. I'd been in there several times but never to work. I always knew there were offices in there but the face never penetrated, really. You don't work in the Empire State Building. You propose in the Empire State Building. You sneak a flask up there and raise a toast to the whole city of New York.

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  Crush, New York, Play

  Maureen Johnson (2009). “13 Little Blue Envelopes”, p.14, Harper Collins

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• We Deveauxs preferred to talk you to death, rather than face you in physical combat.

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  Faces, Combat

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.29, Penguin

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• Well, what now? You have no job. I have no job. Wanna play Jenga?

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  Jobs, Play, Wells

  Maureen Johnson (2010). “Suite Scarlett”, p.236, Scholastic Inc.

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• People were freaked out, but they showed it in weird ways. Back home, people would have been weeping and doing a lot of very public group hugs. At Wexford people just aggressively pretended nothing had happened.

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  Home, People, Hug

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• Hot tea," he said, holding the cups. "It's just wrong.

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  Tea, Hot, Cups

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• Why Paris? Paris needs no reason. Paris is its own reason.

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  Paris, Needs, Reason

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• I ran like a thing that runs.

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  Running, Ran

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• The essay I had to read was called, "An Essay on Criticism" by Alexander Pope. The first challenge was that the essay was, in fact, a very long poem in "heroic couplets". If something is called an essay, it should be an essay.

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  Long, Challenges, Criticism

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.41, Penguin

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• He's been in love with Miss Gina since high school, but he doesn't really know how to talk to girls, so he's just been...staying around her since then. He just tends to go where she goes." "Isn't that stalking?" Jazza said. "Legally, no," I replied. "I asked my parents this when I was little. What he does is creepy and socially awkward, but it's not actually stalking.

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  Girl, School, Parent

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.37, Penguin

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• Mouth guard. And I think we'll start you in goal." Goal sounded like a special job. I didn't want a special job, unless that special job involved sitting on the side under a pile of blankets.

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  Jobs, Thinking, Goal

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.33, Penguin

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• I feel warm and reassured," I whispered. "He's like Santa.

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  Santa, Feels, Warm

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star (Shades of London, Book 1)”, p.39, HarperCollins UK

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• Dr. Everest, got up and gave us a little pep talk. Mostly it boiled down to the fact that it was autumn, and everyone was back, and while that was a great thing, people better not get cocky or misbehave or he'd personally kill us all. He didn't actually say those words, but that was the subtext.

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  Cocky, Autumn, People

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• You don't know me yet," I said. "Rory was telling me she lives in a swamp," Charlotte said. "That's right," I said, turning up my accent a little. "These are the very first shoes I've ever owned. They sure do pinch my feet." Jerome gave a little snort.

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  Shoes, Feet, Swamps

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.28, Penguin

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• Prefects. I had learned this one. Student council types, but with superpowers. They who must be obeyed.

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  Students, Student Council, Type

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.20, Penguin

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• One of them hung a pink bra from our lighting fixture. I left it there. It was a nice bra

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  Nice, Bras, Fixture

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.85, Penguin

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• It rang and it rand and it rang. I looked at the screen one last time, then at Stuart, and then I reached my arm back and threw the phone as hard as I could (sadly, not that far), and it vanished into the snow. The eight-year-olds, who were truly fascinated with our every move at this point, chased after it. 'Lost it,' I said. 'Whoops.

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  Moving, Eight, Phones

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