Lauren Myracle

“Who would want to be poked by some dumb girl with a stick?”

— Lauren Myracle

“There were so many people in the world. Some were jerks, but most were kind.”

— Lauren Myracle

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

— Lauren Myracle

Being an author of banned books is cool, I've decided.

— Lauren Myracle

“Mother Superior jump the gun... -The Beatles, Happiness is a Warm Gun”

— Lauren Myracle

Kids need to see their world reflected back to them.

— Lauren Myracle

“Wally was worse than any fairy-tale witch, and his trailer wasn't made of candy.”

— Lauren Myracle

But you have to live in the present. You have to take the old and make it new -- that's my point.

— Lauren Myracle

I didn't like being alone. Being alone was slightly better than having to deal with people, that's all. Or so I'd convinced…

— Lauren Myracle

“... and my brain put them together in that way brains sometimes do: pairing the ideas that shouldn't be paired, yet nonetheless were.”

— Lauren Myracle

It's unfair how the kids who are starving for attention tended to be so annoying that people had no inclination to give…

— Lauren Myracle

“The world was out there waiting to be explored—and not just waiting, but wanting to be explored. So why in heaven’s name…

— Lauren Myracle

“I hadn't been "possessed", after all. Not by an angel or a demon. Maybe there were aspects of both inside me, but…

— Lauren Myracle

“He slung both arms around the back of his chair, and it reminded me how different girls and guys were. Girls kept…

— Lauren Myracle

Sometimes when we forget to do things for others, it's because we're too wrapped up in our own problems.

— Lauren Myracle

“Because it's good for nothing," I said. keeping my eyes on Tommy. "Because one worthless piece of shit deserves another.”

— Lauren Myracle

“I heard him tell our parents, "She said no," and my melancholy deepened. Mom and Dad and Chris were downstairs together, merrily…

— Lauren Myracle

“He leans forward seriously. "Bliss. At work and at play, let safety lead the way." Of course," I say. "Silly me." Danger…

— Lauren Myracle

“Yet it was an odd twist of language. Based on the way people usually used the words, Christian was traight and Patrick…

— Lauren Myracle

“So I'd stabbed needles into my eyes and pretended not to see certain things. Bad things. Only by turning my back on…

— Lauren Myracle

“ This is your birthday treat, and you're supposed to enjoy it, I reminded myself. It was part of my normal existence…

— Lauren Myracle

And you're figuring out who you are, and you haven't yet become stagnant in your thinking. You haven't solidified. And one thing…

— Lauren Myracle

And they just slam the door. And they don't peek into that land any more. And they forget that teens and tweens…

— Lauren Myracle

Other people have suggested that I write about teens because I'm perpetually stuck in that stage of my own development. That could…

— Lauren Myracle

“Sometimes the things we hide—aren't they the parts of us that matter most?”

— Lauren Myracle

Every time I write a new book, I want to push myself to try something different.

— Lauren Myracle

“It wasn't that he didn't love me, because I knew he did. As for me, I loved him so much it hurt.”

— Lauren Myracle

It's neither my job nor within my capabilities to save people. But a book sure can try.

— Lauren Myracle

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

— Lauren Myracle

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

— Lauren Myracle

Christmas is never over,unless you want it to be... Christmas is a state of mind.

— Lauren Myracle

“God loves you even on your blackest days, and He will always, always be there to guide you home. All you have…

— Lauren Myracle

Hey. What is it that famous person said? 'It'll all work out in the end, and if it doesn't, that means it's…

— Lauren Myracle

We are all flawed, my dear. Every one of us. And believe me, we've all made mistakes. You've just got to take…

— Lauren Myracle

Kids are smart. Knowledge is power. Let them figure things out. Don't turn into that grown-up who they won't come to.

— Lauren Myracle

I think that ties in with issues of identity as well - that sometimes there are parts of us we want to…

— Lauren Myracle

“In my bedroom, I squeezed shut my eyes, because it was too hard, that memory. Too hard, too painful, too much like…

— Lauren Myracle

“Mama Sweetie said you didn't need a reason to sing. She said if everyone started off the day singing, just think how…

— Lauren Myracle

Some people do want to stand on the rooftop and scream out their story. Others are cowering in the corner, or sitting…

— Lauren Myracle

“Henrietta Swanson: "She was voted young lady most likely to become charming." Sheriff Taylor: "Well, say now. Becoming charming - that is…

— Lauren Myracle