Maureen Johnson Quotes - Page 3

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• You could wear the same outfit every single day and no guy - who isn't gay - will notice.

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  Gay, Guy

  Maureen Johnson (2010). “Suite Scarlett”, p.201, Scholastic Inc.

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• I realize Jubilee is a bit of a stripper name. You probably think I have heard the call of the pole.

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  Thinking, Names, Jubilee

  John Green, Lauren Myracle, Maureen Johnson (2009). “Let It Snow: Three Holiday Stories”, p.8, Penguin

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• Which is both gross and breathtakingly romantic. He could always have just gone upstairs and brushed his teeth, but he stayed and lurked by the fish for me.

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  Teeth, Gone, Upstairs

  John Green, Lauren Myracle, Maureen Johnson (2009). “Let It Snow: Three Holiday Stories”, p.10, Penguin

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• Stuart must have sensed my despair from the way I began lightly banging my forehead on the table.

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  Despair, Tables, Way

  John Green, Lauren Myracle, Maureen Johnson (2009). “Let It Snow: Three Holiday Stories”, p.29, Penguin

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• It took about three minutes for the unassuming Waffle House to become the new offices of the law firm of Amber, Amber, Amber, and Madison. They set up camp in a clump of booths in the corner opposite from us. A few of them gave me an "oh, good, you are still alive" nod, but for the most part, they had no interest in anyone else.

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  Law, Opposites, Office

  John Green, Lauren Myracle, Maureen Johnson (2009). “Let It Snow: Three Holiday Stories”, p.28, Penguin

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• What tinfoil?" he asked.

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  John Green, Lauren Myracle, Maureen Johnson (2013). “Let It Snow”, p.28, Penguin UK

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• Oh my God!" said one of the Ambers. "Is this not the worst trip ever? Did you see the snow?" She was a sharp one, this Amber. What would she notice next? The train? The moon? The hilarious vagaries of human existence? Her own head?

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  Moon, Snow, Amber

  John Green, Lauren Myracle, Maureen Johnson (2009). “Let It Snow: Three Holiday Stories”, p.19, Penguin

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• Kissing is something that makes up for a lot of other crap you have to put up with...It can be confusing and weird and awkward, but sometimes it just makes you melt and forget everything that is going on.

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  Kissing, Forget Everything, Awkward

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• But we made our own fun, mostly. I recall a time, many years later, when American children seemed unable to amuse themselves without a fortune in electrical and electronic equipment. We had no fancy equipment and did not miss it.

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  Children, Fun, Years

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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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• I may have been a complete lunatic, but I was a complete lunatic with manners.

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  May, Manners, Lunatic

  John Green, Lauren Myracle, Maureen Johnson (2009). “Let It Snow: Three Holiday Stories”, p.68, 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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• English rain feels obligatory, like paperwork. It dampens already damn days and slicks the stones.

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  Rain, Stones, Slick

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• I read two mysteries a day when I was a kid. All of Agatha Christie, all of 'Sherlock Holmes.' I've seen every single British detective show ever made.

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  Kids, Two, Detectives

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• I've heard people on panels say, 'You must have a Web site. You need to tweet. Repeat the title of your book constantly,' and I just want to say, 'Shut up. Everything you're saying is wrong.' People will know instantly if your only motivation for tweeting is to sell books.

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  Motivation, Book, People

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• When I worked in theater, I was always writing things on Post-it Notes and sticking them on screens or desks. Twitter has given me a way of continuing to post those notes, only a lot of other people see them, too.

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  Writing, People, Way

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• You've never told me about your love life, Scarlett. You're a very pretty girl. You must have a boy shacked up somewhere for your personal delights. I'd bet it's a booky one, overtones of Harry Potter and a lot of black T-shirts.

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  Girl, Love Life, Boys

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• The cast of Hamlet had not moved much. They had that haunted yet hopeful look in their eyes, like the ones you see in photographs of people crammed into steerage compartments, traveling to some new, unknown land.

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  Eye, Land, People

  Maureen Johnson (2013). “Suite Scarlett”, p.90, Hot Key Books

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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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• Quarrels are a natural part of relationships. Making up is always the best part.

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  Natural, Quarrels, Making Up

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• People always say they can't do things, that they're impossible. They just haven't been creative enough.

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  People, Creative, Impossible

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• Before I take you into the beating heart of the story, let’s get one thing out of the way. I know from experience that when it comes up later, it will distract you so much that you won’t be able to concentrate on anything else I will tell you. My name is Jubilee Dougal. Take a moment and let it sink in.

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  Heart, Names, Stories

  John Green, Lauren Myracle, Maureen Johnson (2009). “Let It Snow: Three Holiday Stories”, p.8, Penguin

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• The kids I talk to are readers, and the craziest, the most dedicated readers you will ever see.

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  Kids, Dedicated, Reader

  "Five Questions with Suite Scarlett author Maureen Johnson". Interview with Megan Cahn, www.seventeen.com. May 12, 2009.

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• Although it was very cold, he wore no coat. I think some English people think coats are for the weak.

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  Thinking, People, Coats

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• Life is always going to be a series of ouch-making moments, and the question was, was I going to go all fetal position, or was I going to woman up? I went into fetal position on the bed to think about this. Fetal position turned out to be very comfortable.

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  Thinking, Empathy, Bed

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