Maureen Johnson Quotes - Page 5

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• Debbie had to get up and slice me a thick piece of cake before she could answer. And I do mean thick. Harry Potter volume seven thick. I could have knocked out a burglar with this piece of cake. Once I tasted it, though, it seemed just the right size.

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  Mean, Cake, Size

  John Green, Lauren Myracle, Maureen Johnson (2009). “Let It Snow: Three Holiday Stories”, p.52, Penguin

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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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• 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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• 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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• It makes you very cool," he said, taking big, jumping steps to get in front of me. "CNN would interview you, for sure. Daughter of Flobie! But don't worry. I'll keep them back!

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  Daughter, Jumping, Cnn

  John Green, Lauren Myracle, Maureen Johnson (2009). “Let It Snow: Three Holiday Stories”, p.33, Penguin

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• A pause while my mother made high-pitched sisterly devotions of gratitude.

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  Mother, Gratitude, Devotion

  John Green, Lauren Myracle, Maureen Johnson (2009). “Let It Snow: Three Holiday Stories”, p.50, Penguin

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• We study there a lot because... what other choice does society give us, right? It's Starbucks or death, sometimes.

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  Giving, Choices, Doe

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• Were you playing with Stuart?" she asked. The question was loaded. I was a filthy, filthy woman, and even the five-year-old knew it.

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  Years, Filthy, Five Year Olds

  John Green, Lauren Myracle, Maureen Johnson (2009). “Let It Snow: Three Holiday Stories”, p.67, Penguin

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• It was fine," I said stiffly. "We played Mouse Trap." "Is that what they're calling it these days?" she asked, throwing me a terrible grin. "I have to go give Rachel a quick bath. Feel free to make yourself some cocoa or whatever you like!" She stopped short of adding "...future child-bride of my only son.

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  Children, Son, Giving

  John Green, Lauren Myracle, Maureen Johnson (2009). “Let It Snow: Three Holiday Stories”, p.68, Penguin

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• Salt. Wound. Together at last.

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  Together, Lasts, Salt

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• They weren't pressed together as closely as normal, but his shoulder bumped hers, then remained there. It was very subtle, and possibly even accidental, but it was enough.

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  Together, Normal, Enough

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• And what else is she?" Jerome asked. Jazza didn't offer any reply so I chimed in with, "A bitchweasel?" "A bitchweasel!" Jazza's face lit up. "She's a bitchweasel! I love my new roommate.

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  Faces, Roommate, Lit

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.52, Penguin

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• Money is for doing things, my love. Don't sit on it like a hen sits on an egg. It doesn't hatch. I should know. I've made enough of it.

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  Eggs, Hens, Enough

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• She had always thought applying to college would be exciting. Living away from home, meeting so many new people, Learning new things, making a few poor life desicisons.

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  Home, College, People

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Last Little Blue Envelope”, p.5, Harper Collins

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• because talent alone doesn't make an artist

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  Artist, Talent

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• I could envision it all to clearly: Stuart or Debbie finding the dented door off its hinges, lying in the snow. "She came in, ravaged the boy, stole plastic bags, and ripped off the door in her escape," the police would say in the APB. "Probably making her way to bust her parents out of jail.

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  Lying, Boys, Doors

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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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• 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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• Sometimes I feel like I've been waiting for someone to tell me when I can be normal again,' she said. 'I keep thinking I'll get a letter. Or a call. When does it happen?' Pete looked like he wanted to walk toward her, but then he fell back against the car. The staring contest between them for almost a minute, and finally Pete exhaled loudly. It's okay,' he said.

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  Thinking, Car, Waiting

  Maureen Johnson (2013). “The Key To The Golden Firebird”, p.219, Hot Key Books

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• When they separated, the freckleless spot between Pete's eyes was bright red. Before anything else could be said or done, May grabbed her bike and hopped on. She waited until she was six houses down to turn and see if he was still standing in the driveway watching her. He was. She stopped for just a moment, and they caught each other's eyes. Then he slowly started walking backward toward the house. May couldn't see that well, considering that her eyes were still a little blurry and he was far away, but it looked like he was smiling.

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  Eye, House, Six

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• The locker at the end of her bed had no lock, and one of the hinges was busted. She opened it up. There was a thing in it. The thing might have been a sandwich at some point, or an animal, or a human hand...but what it was now was fuzzy and putrid. A minute later, Ginny was down the stairs, out the door, and gone.

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  Animal, Doors, Hands

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• She was standing in the airport of Copenhagen, staring at a doorway, trying to figure out if it was (a) a bathroom and (b) what kind of bathroom it was. The door merely said H. Was she an H? Was H "hers"? It could just as easily be "his". Or "Helicopter Room: Not a Bathroom at All

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  Airports, Doors, Trying

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• She wasn't only gay, she was a gay elf.

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  Gay

  Maureen Johnson (2005). “The Bermudez Triangle”, p.52, Penguin

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• Nothing was quite like it was supposed to be.

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  Supposed To Be

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• I'm Keith," he said, "and you're . . . clearly mad, but what's your name?

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  Names, Mad, Keith

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