Maureen Johnson

Nothing was quite like it was supposed to be.

— Maureen Johnson

“He was the closest thing she had to a pony.”

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“Did you ask people to crime scenes on dates?”

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because talent alone doesn't make an artist

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Proximity doesn't breed familiarity.

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I guess life is full of maybes.

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I am a mass of contradictions.

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She wasn't only gay, she was a gay elf.

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Why Paris? Paris needs no reason. Paris is its own reason.

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One person's crazy is another person's sane, I guess.

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The kids I talk to are readers, and the craziest, the most dedicated readers you will ever see.

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“You could make something amazing out of something awful.”

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i miss you so much it's giving me a pain in my pancreas.

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“I don't think I've ever seen you without braids. I thought your hair just grew that way.”

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She firmly held the theory that everyone gets at least one very stupid superpower.

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Did I just kill someone?" "You can't kill a dead person," Callum said. "Makes no sense.

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We're going to die," Keith said, the moment he was gone. "This man is a serial killer. We're going to die, and…

— Maureen Johnson

“The questions that creep around at four thirty in the morning are not the kind that can be easily dismissed. You can…

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Having your back scratched is not the only reason to be married, but it is a good one, especially for those spots…

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Lies are a tremendous karmic setback. Keep it up and you'll come back in the next life as something without a spine.…

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“I don't mind bigots. You're allowed to be bigoted, if that makes you happy. Just do it at home. And not around…

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“Her parents had no idea that you could meet people outside of school and it wasn’t freaky and the internet was the…

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“Except for his eyes. Those were completely bloodshot. “What time did you get up?” David said, looking him over. “Four twenty?”

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This wasn't a position she wanted to be in. And yet . . . yet she knew that she was going to do it anyway.

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Claim whatever you want. Say you only want a happy family or a successful career or a big house. I say: no,…

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No one hid their interest when I walked into the room. I'm not sure if it was the news about Boo or…

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I try to shake it loose-but these ideas, they cling. It's like I'm shackled to them with an iron chain. They rattle…

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There is no normal. I've never met a normal person. The concept is flawed. It implies that there is only one way…

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“Vitamin D,” Stevie said. “You need it.” “You don’t know that,” he said. “I want to eat my meat in my room…

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You've never told me about your love life, Scarlett. You're a very pretty girl. You must have a boy shacked up somewhere…

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You don't know me yet," I said. "Rory was telling me she lives in a swamp," Charlotte said. "That's right," I said,…

— Maureen Johnson

I still have a whopping bad case of what you call scag magnetism. I thought i had gotten rid of it there,…

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“Charlotte, dressed in a very short-skirted policewoman's outfit, was leading a dancing brigade, jumping around at the front of the room, her…

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“ The kidney was removed with great skill. We have an image of the kidney taken from that broadcast. Viewers are advised…

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“You should really, like, dump her and date me instead,' May heard herself saying, all confidence. 'I'm not as irritating. I mean,…

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“Two hours later, Paulina, their housekeeper, pulled up in her car. Her job was to clean the house twice a week, not…

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“Some other facts I picked up: Welsh is an actual, currently used language and our next-door neighbours Angela and Gaenor spoke it.…

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“I felt like I was faking all of this, like I was playing the part of a student. I had the costume…

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“People would say that it's impossible to have a private pool in the city, unless you were some sort of rich mogul…

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She's gone. Been gone for ages. They split up right after you left. That's why the grass out front started growing again."…

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