Judy Blume Quotes

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What's the point of thinking about how it's going to end when it's just the beginning?

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My insides still turn over when he looks at me that certain way.

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You've got to enjoy whatever you can and forget about the rest.

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Not everything has to have a point. Some things just are.

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Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.

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Are you there God? It's me, Margaret.
I just told my mother I want a bra.
Please help me grow God. You know where.
I want to be like everyone else.

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I want you to know it was no big deal...those movies showing women screaming in labor are plain bullshit....there's nothing to it...you just push and push and finally the baby pops out...to tell you the truth I don't even rember that much about it except there was a very nice guy standing over me and every time a strong contraction started he gave me a whiff of gas...

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I still get angry when older people assume that everyone in my generation, screws around. They're probably the same ones who think all kids use dope. It's true that we are more open than our parents but that just means we accept sex and talk about it. It doesn't mean we are all jumping into bed together.

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It's not so much that I like him as a person God, but as a boy he's very handsome.

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Each of us must confront our own fears, must come face to face with them. How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives. To experience adventure or to be limited by the fear of it.

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I can't let safety and security become the focus of my life.

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It's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.

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Suppose there aren't any more A + days once you get to be twelve? Wouldn't that be something! To spend the rest of your life looking for an A + day and not finding it.

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I wanted to tell him that I will never be sorry for loving him. That in a way I still do - that maybe I always will. I'll never regret one single thing we did together because what we had was very special. Maybe if we were ten years older it would have worked out differently. Maybe. I think it's just that I'm not ready for forever.

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You've never been in love," she said. "You don't understand." "If being in love means giving up your freedom, not to mention your opportunities," Caitlin said, "Then I haven't missed anything.

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Thats not a bad word, hate and war are bad words, fuck isn't.

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I love you, Michael Wagner. Forever? he asked. Forever, I said.

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Precious Child... nothing matters but the moment. There might be no tomorrow and even if there is, nobody gives a damn.

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You can't deny they ever happened. You can't deny you ever loved them, love them still, even if loving them causes you pain

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But if you aren't any religion, how are you going to know if you should join the Y or the Jewish Community Center?

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I made promises to you that I'm not sure I can keep. None of it has anything to do with you. It's just that I don't know what to do now. You must be thinking what a rotten person I am. Well, believe me, I'm thinking the same thing. I don't know how this happened or why. Maybe I can get over it. Do you think you can wait—because I don't want you to stop loving me. I keep remembering us and how it was. I don't want to hurt you … not ever …

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She wondered if all the firsts in her life would go by so quickly, and be forgotten just as quickly.

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Some changes happen deep down inside of you. And the truth is, only you know about them. Maybe that's the way it's supposed to be.

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Little kids are amazing. They seem able to adjust to anything.

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It's strange, but when it comes right down to it I never do fall apart—even when I'm sure I will.

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Things change…things happen…things you can't even imagine when you're young and full of hope.

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My characters live inside my head for a long time before I actually start a book. They become so real to me, I talk about them at the dinner table as if they are real. Some people consider this weird. But my family understands.

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Suddenly question number four popped into my mind. Have you thought about how this relationship will end?

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Like my mother said, you can't go back to holding hands.

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