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121 " What I worry about most is the loss to young people. If no one speaks out for them, if they don't speak out for themselves, all they'll get for required reading will be the most bland books available. And instead of finding the information they need at the library, instead of finding the novels that illuminate life, they will find only those materials to which nobody could possibly object. "
― Judy Blume , Places I Never Meant to Be: Original Stories by Censored Writers
122 " And I’m Hermione from— "
― Judy Blume , Double Fudge (Fudge, #5)
123 " How can I stop worrying when I don’t know if I’m going to turn out normal?” “I promise, you’ll turn out normal.” Are "
― Judy Blume , Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
124 " Miri, sweetheart—life is hard,” Henry said, “but it’s worth the struggle. "
― Judy Blume , In the Unlikely Event
125 " Trouble in our family is spelled with a capital C and has been as long as I can remember. The C stands for Charles. He’s my older brother, two years and four months older to be exact. Ever since the phone call about him last night, I’ve felt incredibly tense. And now, at this very minute, my parents are driving up to Vermont, to Charles’s boarding school, to find out if he’s actually been kicked out or if he’s just been suspended again. I "
― Judy Blume , Here's to You, Rachel Robinson
126 " I was about to drop a light one on his forehead when he reached up, grabbed me around the neck and pulled me down. Then he planted a big, wet smackeroo right in the middle of my face. “Sweet dreams, Pete! "
― Judy Blume , Fudge-a-Mania (Fudge, #4)
127 " I shoved back my chair and raced around the table, ready to destroy him. “Grandma . . .” Fudge cried. “Heeelp . . . ! "
128 " But I am the greatest sister in the history of the world. "
― Judy Blume , Cool Zone with the Pain and the Great One
129 " Victoria closes her eyes, breathing in the familiar scent, and for a moment it's as if they've never been apart. They're still Vixen and Cassandra, summer sisters forever. The rest is a mistake, a crazy joke. "
― Judy Blume
130 " at him. No sir! "
― Judy Blume , Freckle Juice
131 " Besides, if they were going to be killed it would be better to be killed together, otherwise she’d have to explain to Lamb why Caitlin was murdered and she wasn’t. "
― Judy Blume , Summer Sisters
132 " Live for the moment. There might be no tomorrow. And even if there is, nobody really gives a damn. "
133 " because everyone knew you knitted argyle socks only for a boyfriend. "
134 " He even brags about his poops, "
135 " It’s not God’s job to decide what happens,” she’d said. “It’s his job to help you get through it. "
136 " my father "
137 " Life is a series of unlikely events, isn’t it? Hers certainly is. One unlikely event after another, adding up to a rich, complicated whole. And who knows what’s still to come? Lily looks out the window, "
138 " Come on, who wouldn’t be nervous about seeing her first love? Who wouldn’t want her old boyfriend to find her attractive? If you don’t want that, you don’t go to high school reunions, you don’t go to the thirty-fifth commemoration of the worst year of your life. Besides, she’s not fifteen anymore. She’s not that girl whose heart was broken on a sunny afternoon in May. She’s a woman, married "
139 " And then, from the other room, we could hear Fudge singing himself to sleep. “M-a-i-n-e spells Maine. F-u-d-g-e spells Fudgie. P-e-t-e-r spells Pee-tah. B-e-e-r spells whiskey. "
― Judy Blume , Superfudge (Fudge, #3)
140 " You’re an asshole, you know that? Stick your finger up your butt and take a whiff. That’s you. A piece of shit! "