Francine Pascal Quotes

• Love was more than blind. It was deaf and dumb, too. It was catatonic. It was vegetative.

  Francine Pascal

  Broken Heart, Dumb, Blind

  Francine Pascal (2012). “Fearless: Fearless; Sam; Run”, p.142, Simon and Schuster

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• Luck doesn't shine her light on each of us equally. She is arbitrary, irrational, unfair and sometimes downright cruel.

  Francine Pascal

  Light, Shining, Luck

  Francine Pascal (2003). “Sam (#2) and Escape (#26)”, p.157, Simon and Schuster

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• The people with the most fear have the greatest opportunity to be brave.

  Francine Pascal

  Opportunity, People, Brave

  Francine Pascal (2003). “Sam (#2) and Escape (#26)”, p.75, Simon and Schuster

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• The human heart was undeniably the stupidest organ in the body.

  Francine Pascal

  Heart, Body, Stupidest

  Francine Pascal (2003). “Shock”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

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• If you want to mess with me, you'd rather be ready for the consequences.

  Francine Pascal

  Want, Ready, Mess With Me

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• When I first heard the word existential, I didn't know what it meant. But then I found out that no one knows what it means, so now I use it all the time.

  Francine Pascal

  Mean, Firsts, Use

  Francine Pascal (2014). “My First Love and Other Disasters: My First Love and Other Disasters; Love & Betrayal & Hold the Mayo; My Mother Was Never a Kid”, p.651, Simon and Schuster

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• Life's one great lesson was: Do not care. Not caring was a person's real protection.

  Francine Pascal

  Real, Caring, Lessons

  Francine Pascal (2001). “Sam”, p.171, Simon and Schuster

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• I don't do rewrites. I put all the pages in a pile next to the typewriter.

  Francine Pascal

  Typewriters, Pages, Next

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• Elizabeth scowled, feeling like a nobody, a nothing. She felt like her entire self had been made worthless. She could change her interests, but she couldn't change her looks. She'd never be six feet tall. She'd never look like a supermodel.

  Francine Pascal

  Self Esteem, Feet, Feelings

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• Roger Collins wasn't the most popular teacher at school only because he was interesting in class. In fact, most of the girls would have loved a little after-class attention from this teacher.

  Francine Pascal

  Girl, Teacher, School

  Francine Pascal (2012). “Dear Sister (Sweet Valley High #7)”, p.34, Macmillan

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• He slowed down a bit more. "Gaia, how do you know these things?" She shrugged. "I'm smart." "And modest, too." "Modesty is a waste of time," she pronounced. "I'll keep that in mind.

  Francine Pascal

  Smart, Mind, Waste

  Francine Pascal (2012). “Fearless: Fearless; Sam; Run”, p.96, Simon and Schuster

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• I always had a fascination with twins.

  Francine Pascal

  Fascination, Twins

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• Ella's supersonic voice followed her all the way to Bleecker Street and then dissolved amid the noisy profusion of shops, cafes, and restaurants and the crush of people that made the West Village of Manhattan unique in the world. In a single block you could buy fertility statues from Tanzania, rare Amazonian orchids, a pawned brass tuba, Krispy Kreme doughnuts, or the best, most expensive cup of coffee you ever tasted. It was the doughnuts, incidentally, that attracted Gaia.

  Francine Pascal

  Crush, Block, Coffee

  Francine Pascal (2001). “Sam”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

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• I always loved reading. Growing up, my favorite book was 'A Child's Garden of Verses,' by Robert Louis Stevenson.

  Francine Pascal

  Children, Growing Up, Book

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• Since I was a small child, I was always writing either poems or plays... plays in which I had the starring part.

  Francine Pascal

  Children, Writing, Play

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• The same way that some people can play the piano, I can do plots! They just come!

  Francine Pascal

  Play, Piano, People

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• I know you think that when you're 35, 45, 55, you'll be different. But I'm going to let you in on a bit of a secret. You're going to look different, and your life is going to be different, but in your head you'll always be that 16-year-old girl.

  Francine Pascal

  Girl, Thinking, Years

  "Have We Got Sweet Valley Scoop For You! The Wakefields Are Back This Weekend, And Author Francine Pascal Tells Us Which Star She Wants to See Play Them Both". Interview with Megan Angelo, www.glamour.com. July 12, 2012.

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• I love 'Sweet Valley,' but I love it from a different angle. There are people for whom it is their adolescence. They own it, in a way that even I don't. I've come to respect the project more because of the response than I've had. It's more important than I realized it was. I didn't understand the breadth and depth of it. now I'm beginning to more.

  Francine Pascal

  Sweet, People, Important

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• You see, Suzanne, history lectures bore me, art films bore me, your friends bore me, and, if you want to know the truth, I guess you bore me too.

  Francine Pascal

  Art, Bored, Lectures

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• Jessica walked away from Aaron and Ken, flashing them both a big smile. They were both very attractive - she had dated each of them a number of times. In fact, not too long ago she had contemplated falling in love with Ken for lack of anything better to do.

  Francine Pascal

  Falling In Love, Numbers, Long Ago

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• I get some of my ideas from watching my three daughters, but most of them come from my own memories of growing up. I can remember how romantic I was, not just about love, but romance in the classic sense - the romantic ideals: of honor and truth, of loyalty, sacrifice and fairness. Those were the elements that made a story satisfying to me.

  Francine Pascal

  Loyalty, Daughter, Mother

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• It's so trendy, almost bleeding to death. All the cool girls are doing it.

  Francine Pascal

  Girl, Hilarious, Fearless

  Francine Pascal (2012). “Fearless: Fearless; Sam; Run”, p.171, Simon and Schuster

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• the more the merrier. so enjoy reading more books

  Francine Pascal

  Book, Reading, More The Merrier

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• Ella was vapid and worthless at least nine-tenths of the time, but when she got really mad, her face became sharp and purposeful. Almost vicious. Like if Barbie were suddenly possessed by Atilla the Hun.

  Francine Pascal

  Mad, Barbie, Vapid

  Francine Pascal (2012). “Fearless: Fearless; Sam; Run”, p.200, Simon and Schuster

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• Nature compensates for its mistakes.

  Francine Pascal

  Mistake

  Francine Pascal (2012). “Fearless: Fearless; Sam; Run”, p.8, Simon and Schuster

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