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Amber L. Johnson QUOTES

Amber L. Johnson QUOTES

1 " Maybe if we stopped trying to achieve movie standards of greatness, we'd be happy with what we have. "

― Amber L. Johnson , Puddle Jumping (Puddle Jumping, #1)

2 " Society has pretty much taught us that it's inside the lines, or outside. But there's so much more in between. "

― Amber L. Johnson , Puddle Jumping (Puddle Jumping, #1)

3 " But life isn't really about just geting by. Right when you've lulled yourself into a false sense of security, it likes to throw in a plot twist. Keep you on your toes. "

― Amber L. Johnson , Puddle Jumping (Puddle Jumping, #1)

4 " Hey, buddy. Are you ready to swim with Joshua? And eat hot dogs?”
Brady nodded. “Hot dogs! Thew’s a pawty in my tummy!” He giggled and grinned at me.
I rolled my eyes and set him down on the floor. “You’re going to make me sing it back?” 
He nodded, bouncing.
I rubbed my hand over my stomach. “So yummy, so yummy.” 
He fell back onto his bottom and rolled on the floor in a fit of laughter. 
“No more YoGabbaGabba, li’l man. It makes Dee’s brain crazy. "

― Amber L. Johnson , Eight Days a Week

5 " Brady was staring at me from across the table. Unmoving. Unblinking. Not speaking. It was like an old Western. The house was too quiet as I stared back at him. He was winning this contest. And I’d had no idea we were even in one to begin with. Break, kid. Break "

― Amber L. Johnson , Eight Days a Week

6 " Huh? What did I promise?”
“Fowevew,” he said with a nod, like it was final.
“Exactly.”
We stared at each other, and it reminded me of my first day, when he stared me down like a mute gunslinger. "

― Amber L. Johnson , Eight Days a Week

7 " Brady! You can’t watch that!”
He looked up at me, his eyebrows furrowed, from his place on the floor. The remote was far away from him, next to the screen, so he couldn’t have changed the channel. I snatched it up and hit the information button. “What the hell is a YoGabbaGabba?” I looked back over at Brady and frowned. “Uh, never mind. Go ahead.”
Walking with purpose back into the kitchen, I whispered into the receiver. “Okay. No joke, there is a talking, dancing, bright red, studded dildo on the screen. There are other ones that look like him, and I swear to God one is wearing a condom on his head. That’s a kids’ show?” I looked back into the living room. “Whatever happened to good old-fashioned cartoons? Don’t they have good shit like Animaniacs anymore? "

― Amber L. Johnson , Eight Days a Week

8 " Wednesday: Do none of these cartoon kids have parents? Max and Ruby—do they live alone? And why won’t she EVER listen to what Max says? Damn goody-goody know-it-all. Reminds me of Cece. "

― Amber L. Johnson , Eight Days a Week

9 " The look of impressed wonder made my inner teenager lock himself in the bathroom with a Playboy. "

― Amber L. Johnson , Eight Days a Week

10 " Wednesday: A thousand kids running around and trampling each other on the slides at Monkey Joe’s. Afraid for Brady’s safety and had to leave before I punched an eight-year-old in the face "

― Amber L. Johnson , Eight Days a Week

11 " WTF? I am so tired I can’t see straight. Kids have no bedtime in the summer? Screw that shit. I’ll enforce it—if not for them, then for me. I want to pass out by eight now, which is uncool because the sun is still out. Can you give children melatonin? Or is Benadryl still the go-to? "

― Amber L. Johnson

12 " Life is meant to be lived, and if you're offered the chance to experience things with an extraordinary person, then there isn't one reason in the world to say no. "

― Amber L. Johnson , Puddle Jumping (Puddle Jumping, #1)

13 " He's not weird. He's just not exactly like you. "

― Amber L. Johnson , Puddle Jumping (Puddle Jumping, #1)

14 " It begins with a boy and it ends with a boy, but what story doesn't? "

― Amber L. Johnson

15 " Cuidar de estos niños me ha enseñado mucho más que cualquier clase universitaria o año en el extranjero.
Encontrar algo que funcione requiere perseverancia. Y confianza.
Las Pistas de Blue están bien, pero Steve es mejor que Joe. Joe luce como un zombi, y ningún niño debería tener que ver esa mierda.
Los niños aprenden mucho más haciendo las cosas. E imitan todo. Lo que te sirve para volverte mejor como persona, a sabiendas de que siempre estás siendo observado. Incluso mientras haces pis.
Los programas de los niños están hechos para fastidiarte, así que lleva a los pequeños a un parque y haz algo de ejercicio. Estoy convencido de que Sprout tiene la culpa.
Moldear una mente joven puede hacerte sentir importante.
Los niños pueden enseñarte cómo amar totalmente y sin ataduras. Te abrirán los ojos a cosas que das por sentadas. Te amarán por ser tú. Y por sólo respuesta. en respuesta "

― Amber L. Johnson , Eight Days a Week

16 " Hablo en serio. Me mareé y confundí por sostener su mano.
Me imaginé que probablemente besarlo me enviaría al hospital. De nuevo. "

― Amber L. Johnson , Puddle Jumping (Puddle Jumping, #1)

17 " I have to ask. Why do you like me?”
He shifted away from me then, his brows pulled together making him look even cuter, if that was possible. “I don’t understand the question.” His hands were squeezing mine tightly as he looked down at them. “You’re my Lilly. You’ve always been my Lilly. "

― Amber L. Johnson , Puddle Jumping (Puddle Jumping, #1)

18 " I dream of you. And I don’t like it when I can’t talk to you or see you or touch you.” His eyes found mine again. “That’s love. "

― Amber L. Johnson , Puddle Jumping (Puddle Jumping, #1)

19 " This emptiness inside of me here,” he placed my hand on his chest, “means I love you. When you’re not here, I can’t focus. It’s too loud . . . But my heartbeat does this when you’re close. "

― Amber L. Johnson , Puddle Jumping (Puddle Jumping, #1)

20 " I think sometimes we’re presented with the truth but we don’t want to believe it. We see things the way we want to see them. Sometimes, we choose to live in denial. "

― Amber L. Johnson , Puddle Jumping (Puddle Jumping, #1)