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• 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.

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  Wall, Numbers, Giving

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

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• What are you?" I asked. "I'm the Ghost of the Night Before Exams." "And how long did it take you to come up with that?" Jazza asked. "I'm a busy man," he replied.

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  Night, Men, Long

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

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• No one hid their interest when I walked into the room. I'm not sure if it was the news about Boo or my general appearance. At home, people would have asked. People would have been crawling all over me for information. At Wexford, they seemed to extract what they wanted to know by covert staring.

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  Home, People, News

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.156, Penguin

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• All right. Normal rules apply." "Right." The man walked off, leaving us. "What are the normal rules?" I asked. "He walks away and has a tea break and doesn't ask any questions.

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  Men, Leaving, Tea

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• I dumped out the bag and found what had been inside was a bunched-up police uniform, complete with the vest. "Where did you get this?" Boo asked. "It's Callum's," he said. "What's he wearing?" "At the moment, not much of anything. Put it on." I noticed Book perk up a bit at this piece of information.

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  Book, Police, Bags

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• It's us," Stephen said. "Oh, thank God," said a voice. Callum emerged from behind the Dumpster. Even with all that was going on, it was hard not to take notice of this: he wore only his underpants and his socks and shoes. ...I don't think I hid my staring very well either. "Go ahead and change," Stephen said, handing me the bag. "I'll go and get the car." "Please be quick," Callum added. "This is not as fun as it appears.

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  Fun, Thinking, Shoes

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• One question," I said. "Did you tell me all that because you think I'm going to die?" "No," he said. "It's because you're doing something brave, and I felt I should too." "I'll take that as a yes," I said.

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  Thinking, Brave, Should

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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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• Some nutter's gone and pulled a Jack the Ripper.

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  Gone, Jack The Ripper

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.14, Penguin

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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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• 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 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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• 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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• Having your back scratched is not the only reason to be married, but it is a good one, especially for those spots that are so hard to reach by yourself.

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  Married, Reason, Spots

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• A woman who shaves or otherwise depilates her pubic curls has a profound interest in recreational sex.

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  Sex, Profound, Curls

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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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• My rule is: the second you find yourself doing something you hate, quit doing it.

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  Hate, Finding Yourself, Quitting

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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