--- title: "1 Seventeen Year Quotes By Francine Pascal" description: "1 Seventeen Year quotes by Francine Pascal. Plus more from Francine Pascal and more Seventeen Year sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df1/francine-pascal-5330_belly-button_ella-is-much-younger-maybe-thirty-i-don_2720498.jpg" --- > [“Ella is much younger. Maybe thirty. I don’t know. And you certainly can’t tell from the way she dresses. Middle of winter she finds a way to show her belly button. And she’s got four hundred of these little elastic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-pascal/ella-is-much-younger-maybe-thirty-i-don-t-know-and-you-certainly-can/) [Francine Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-pascal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df1/francine-pascal-5330_belly-button_ella-is-much-younger-maybe-thirty-i-don_2720498.jpg) ## More by Francine Pascal > [“She had started driving past his apartment to see whether or not his car was out front. She had looked up his phone number,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-pascal/she-had-started-driving-past-his-apartment-to-see-whether-or-not-his/) [Francine Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-pascal/) > [I like to play poker. I have a nice poker group that's been going on for years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-pascal/i-like-to-play-poker-i-have-a-nice-poker-group-that-s-been-going-on/) [Francine Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-pascal/) > [“David had said something about her 'distinctive features'. Was he going to make her look ethnic? Jade worried. She was trying so hard to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-pascal/david-had-said-something-about-her-distinctive-features-was-he-going/) [Francine Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-pascal/) > [“How inappropriate,’ Lila said coldly. ‘Who’d ever dream of showing up at a dance in a wheelchair? What does she think she’s going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-pascal/how-inappropriate-lila-said-coldly-who-d-ever-dream-of-showing-up-at/) [Francine Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-pascal/) > [“Lila walked by with her nose in the air. In a straight line behind her, six obedient kindergartners waddled like baby geese, singing in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-pascal/lila-walked-by-with-her-nose-in-the-air-in-a-straight-line-behind-her/) [Francine Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-pascal/) > [“Honestly,’ she said when they were out of Bruce’s earshot, ‘he’s as bad in the kitchen as you are. What do you people do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-pascal/honestly-she-said-when-they-were-out-of-bruce-s-earshot-he-s-as-bad/) [Francine Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-pascal/) > [No matter when you were born or where, puberty is the same. It's the same for your parents as it is for you -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-pascal/no-matter-when-you-were-born-or-where-puberty-is-the-same-it-s-the/) [Francine Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-pascal/) > [“Ever since her obsession with Jonathan Cain, a deranged transfer student who had been at Sweet Valley for a month, Enid’s life had been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-pascal/ever-since-her-obsession-with-jonathan-cain-a-deranged-transfer/) [Francine Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-pascal/) > [“Losers with no imagination say that if you start a new school, there has to be a first day. How come they haven't figure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-pascal/losers-with-no-imagination-say-that-if-you-start-a-new-school-there/) [Francine Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-pascal/) > [“The documents were in English—sort of—but the language was so convoluted that it was beginning to give her a headache. It made for even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-pascal/the-documents-were-in-english-sort-of-but-the-language-was-so/) [Francine Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-pascal/) > [“As the crow flies. That’s how she liked to walk. So what if she had nowhere to go? So what if no one on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-pascal/as-the-crow-flies-that-s-how-she-liked-to-walk-so-what-if-she-had/) [Francine Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-pascal/) > [“She’ll probably have all the work made up and a dozen stories written for The Oracle before I finish that one stupid book report…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-pascal/she-ll-probably-have-all-the-work-made-up-and-a-dozen-stories-written/) [Francine Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-pascal/) > [Humiliation, by the way, is a truly terrible emotion. It's at the bottom of the pile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-pascal/humiliation-by-the-way-is-a-truly-terrible-emotion-it-s-at-the-bottom/) [Francine Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-pascal/) > [Nature compensates for its mistakes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-pascal/nature-compensates-for-its-mistakes/) [Francine Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-pascal/) > [“His eyes narrowed with scorn. “I know a lot of things about you I didn’t know before, Enid. I know, for instance, that you’re…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-pascal/his-eyes-narrowed-with-scorn-i-know-a-lot-of-things-about-you-i-didn/) [Francine Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-pascal/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/seventeen-year/francine-pascal/#itemlist", "name": "1 Seventeen Year Quotes By Francine Pascal", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Ella is much younger. Maybe thirty. I don’t know. And you certainly can’t tell from the way she dresses. Middle of winter she finds a way to show her belly button. And she’s got four hundred of these little elastic bands that can only pass for a skirt if you never move your legs. Top that with this unbelievable iridescent red hair and you’ve got one hot seventeen-year-old. 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