Quotes by Lauren Myracle

“I live in my own little world. But its ok, they know me here.”

“They're not chicks. They're ducks.”

“If everyone started off the day singing, just think how happy they'd be.”

“You should eat a waffle! You can't be sad if you eat a waffle!”

“I suppose she's right. It's like a metaphor for life: No one wants an ornery old goat, but we can't resist opening the door ayway. We can't keep from hoping.”

“So you know, i'm thinking that you can either keep yourself safe and not feel anything, or you can the risk of just loving him and letting him love you." she paused. "Is he worth the risk? And if n...”

“He slouches,' DeeDee contributes.'True--he needs to work on his posture,' Thelma says.'You guys,' I say.'I'm serious,' Thelma says. 'What if you get married? Don't you want to go to fancy dinners w...”

“I keep what I know about Sarah Lynn and Lawrence to myself. I also remind myself that even if Sarah Lynn does have a scary strict father, that doesn't release her from the responsibility of treatin...”

“I was just teasing," I say. "I myself don't like to eat plain butter, but hey, it's a free world.”

“You will love the ocean. It makes you feel so... I don't know. Small, but not in a bad way. Small because you realize you're part of something bigger.”

“So as a seventh grader, no, you weren't friends with people you didn't like. But sometimes you also weren't friends with people you did like, which was complicated, and which didn't make any sense ...”

“So, as a seventh grader,no, you weren't friends with people you didnt like. But sometimesyou also werent friends with people you did like, which was complicated, and which didnt make any sence if y...”

“You've just got to take a good hard look at yourself, change what needs to be changed, and move on.”

“But if I didn't know Kate, then maybe I didn't know myself-and if was that not-knowing that made my gut clench. Like losing your balance, that whoosh of almost falling, before pulling yourself back...”

“We all mess up. It's what we learn from our mistakes that matters.”

“Can you just trust in our love, without asking me to prove it every single second?”

“You're allowed to have thoughts, she reminded herself. Just because others might scoff, that doesn't mean you won't anymore.”

“But he thought that if the world was layered with meaning, then she was the evidence, right here.”

“Its not what the universe gives us that matters, but what we give the universe”

“Silly girl, it's not what the universe gives us that matters. It's what we give the universe.”