Maureen Johnson Quotes - Page 2

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• You'd been petting a stuffed dog?' she said 'A dead one?' 'It was a really well stuffed dog' I clarified. 'I have seen some bad taxidermy. This was top-notch work. It would have fooled anyone.

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  Dog, Taxidermy, Said

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• Rory: "People are being serious." Jazza: "There's a serial killer out there. Of course people are being serious." Rory: "Yeah, but what are the chances?" Jazza: "I bet all of the victims thought that." Rory: "But still, what are the chances?" Jazza: "Well, I imagine they are several million to one." Jerome: "Not that high. You're only dealing with a small part of London. And while there might be a million or more people in that area, the Ripper is probably focusing on women, because all of the original victims were women. So halve that--" Jazza: "You really need another hobby.

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  People, Serial Killer, Hobbies

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• Boo: "Go talk to her." Callum: "About what?" Boo: "Anything." Callum: "You want me to walk up to her and say, 'Are you a ghost?'" Boo: "I do that." Callum: "I love it when you get it wrong.

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  Want, Ghost, Walks

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• Hey! Jack the Wanker! Over here! I want your autograph!

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  Hey, Want, Autographs

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• It was as if the news itself wanted to reassure me. Even Jack the Ripper himself had reappeared as part of the greeting committee.

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  News, Jack The Ripper, Greetings

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.25, Penguin

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• Claim whatever you want. Say you only want a happy family or a successful career or a big house. I say: no, that's not what you want. You'll settle for those things, but you really want a monkey that does your evil bidding. Pullman is a genius just for this.

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  Successful, Careers, Evil

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• I knew it was beautiful, but knowing something is beautiful and caring about it are two very different things, and I didn't care.

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  Beautiful, Caring, Two

  John Green, Lauren Myracle, Maureen Johnson (2009). “Let It Snow: Three Holiday Stories”, p.16, Penguin

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• WORTH IT and perfect are different things. No one’s perfect, yet in romance, everyone becomes WORTH IT. And that’s the trick.

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  Perfect, Romance, Different

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

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  Opportunity, Giving, Parent

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• And if we get caught, I will claim I made you go. At gunpoint. I am American. People will assume I'm armed.

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  People, Assuming, Claims

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.66, Penguin

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• One person's crazy is another person's sane, I guess.

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  Life, Crazy, Sane

  John Green, Lauren Myracle, Maureen Johnson (2009). “Let It Snow: Three Holiday Stories”, p.49, Penguin

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• Lies are a tremendous karmic setback. Keep it up and you'll come back in the next life as something without a spine. You're not fine. And you don't have to be fine.

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  Lying, Next, Spine

  Maureen Johnson (2014). “Scarlett Fever”, p.160, Hot Key Books

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• Even though she had been warned, she tripped over the bike. She probably tripped because she'd been warned and was telling herself not to trip over the bike. She did that sometimes. It was often easier not to know what obstacles were in the way.

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  Life, Way, Obstacles

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• She firmly held the theory that everyone gets at least one very stupid superpower.

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  Stupid, Theory, Very Stupid

  Maureen Johnson (2009). “Girl at Sea”, p.27, Harper Collins

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• My final word: don't follow your dreams . . . chase them. With a stick, or a shovel, or whatever you have handy. Get that [bleep]ing dream!

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  Dream, Finals, Sticks

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• She's gone. Been gone for ages. They split up right after you left. That's why the grass out front started growing again." "He's got a new girlfriend?" she said quietly. "Thank god. You must be happy." "Yeah. He does. It's a relief. She's a lot nicer. But then, your average angry snake is nicer than Fiona. I'm sure she's happier wherever she is now, burning orphans or whatever she does with her time.

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  Girlfriend, Average, Snakes

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Last Little Blue Envelope”, p.14, Harper Collins

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• Tell me what you want, what you really, really want," he said. "Braiiinnnnssss," we said in unison.

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  Want, Unison, What You Want

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.138, Penguin

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• We're going to die," Keith said, the moment he was gone. "This man is a serial killer. We're going to die, and he's going to bury us in his garden and build a shed on us.

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  Men, Garden, Serial Killer

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• She couldn't take her eyes off the boxers. Mostly, she had a view of the back, but he turned halfway when he looked over. She commanded herself not to look at the front flap, which, of course, was exactly what she honed in on. He spit and put his mouth under the tap to get some water. All while just wearing underwear. All while she just stared at the crucial spot of the Action Pants.

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  Eye, Views, Water

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• Top Trumps appeared to be a game in which you got cards, and the cards had a picture (in this case, of a horse), and told you all kinds of stats for that horse, how fast it was, how big it was, etc. Whoever had the better horse won both the cards. You repeated this until someone had all the cards. So, basically it was exactly like high school, except it only took three minutes. Which was really a bit more humane, if you thought about it.

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  Horse, School, Games

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• It took a lot of women like that, a lot of women who said "I'm not going to do what you expect me to do, because you have no idea what I'm capable of. I'm going to get dirty and use tools and live the way I want" to move the world forward.

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  Dirty, Moving, Ideas

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• Can I tell you something you really don't want to hear? He's going to break up with you. - Stuart

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  Want, Break

  John Green, Lauren Myracle, Maureen Johnson (2009). “Let It Snow: Three Holiday Stories”, p.59, Penguin

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• Something about her suggested that her leisure activities included wrestling large woodland animals and banging bricks together.

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  Wrestling, Animal, Leisure Activities

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.16, Penguin

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• No one in history had ever done less and yet been so wrong.

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  Done

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• Something about this boat screamed, "I am a very popular model in the world's oil-bearing regions. I cost more than your soul!

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  Oil, Soul, Cost

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