--- title: "1 Tells Life Quotes By Meg Medina" description: "1 Tells Life quotes by Meg Medina. Plus more from Meg Medina and more Tells Life sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24b/meg-medina-25356_care_take-care-not-to-listen-to-anyone-who-te_2640159.jpg" --- > [Take care not to listen to anyone who tells you what you can and can't be in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-medina/take-care-not-to-listen-to-anyone-who-tells-you-what-you-can-and-can/) [Meg Medina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-medina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24b/meg-medina-25356_care_take-care-not-to-listen-to-anyone-who-te_2640159.jpg) ## More by Meg Medina > [“You know where this Yaqui girl is going to be in a few years if she doesn't change? She'll still be there, same as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-medina/you-know-where-this-yaqui-girl-is-going-to-be-in-a-few-years-if-she/) [Meg Medina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-medina/) > [“How can you say bad things about someone you don’t know?” I shout. “How can you hate a stranger? Why do you have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-medina/how-can-you-say-bad-things-about-someone-you-don-t-know-i-shout-how/) [Meg Medina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-medina/) > [“Yeah, sure. That’s what you think.” She sounds a little sad when she says it. A boy hasn’t looked Mitzi in the eyes for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-medina/yeah-sure-that-s-what-you-think-she-sounds-a-little-sad-when-she-says/) [Meg Medina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-medina/) > [“It was Ma who first noticed my body changing, but she wasn't exactly tactful about my getting cuerpo. "Put on a bra already, Piddy,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-medina/it-was-ma-who-first-noticed-my-body-changing-but-she-wasn-t-exactly/) [Meg Medina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-medina/) > [“Darlene rolls her eyes – again – like I’m the stupid one. White-skinned. No accent. Good in school. I’m not her idea of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-medina/darlene-rolls-her-eyes-again-like-i-m-the-stupid-one-white-skinned-no/) [Meg Medina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-medina/) > [“Nothing ends. There is only transformation, ugly as it may be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-medina/nothing-ends-there-is-only-transformation-ugly-as-it-may-be/) [Meg Medina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-medina/) > [“SKANK is scribbled in ballpoint pen on my desk. I don’t exactly know why my heart starts to thump. It’s not like there aren’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-medina/skank-is-scribbled-in-ballpoint-pen-on-my-desk-i-don-t-exactly-know/) [Meg Medina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-medina/) > [“Nobody is in the school yard when I get there, except for a few guys hanging near the fence. I recognize a couple of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-medina/nobody-is-in-the-school-yard-when-i-get-there-except-for-a-few-guys/) [Meg Medina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-medina/) > [“When I look up, I’m surprised to find myself in front of the old building. My feet must have gone on autopilot. I’m like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-medina/when-i-look-up-i-m-surprised-to-find-myself-in-front-of-the-old/) [Meg Medina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-medina/) > [You never forget the books you loved as a kid. You never forget the poems you memorized, the first book you read until the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-medina/you-never-forget-the-books-you-loved-as-a-kid-you-never-forget-the/) [Meg Medina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-medina/) > [“The camera does a close-up on the girl who can miraculously see again. It cuts to the mother-in-law, then to the clueless husband. All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-medina/the-camera-does-a-close-up-on-the-girl-who-can-miraculously-see-again/) [Meg Medina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-medina/) > [“Nobody is ever beating off starvation at Mitzi’s house. Her parents are so utterly boring, old-fashioned, and ordinary. Her dad works at a clinic,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-medina/nobody-is-ever-beating-off-starvation-at-mitzi-s-house-her-parents/) [Meg Medina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-medina/) > [“Son unas cualquieras,” she mutters. Nobodies. No culture, no family life, illiterates, she means. The kind of people who make her cross to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-medina/son-unas-cualquieras-she-mutters-nobodies-no-culture-no-family-life/) [Meg Medina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-medina/) > [“The whole building was probably listening in on her escandalo through the pipes; maybe even the whole block could hear. That tells you how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-medina/the-whole-building-was-probably-listening-in-on-her-escandalo-through/) [Meg Medina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-medina/) > [“I can’t get Yaqui Delgado out of my mind. Plenty of girls shake their junk. How is that enough to make somebody hate you?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-medina/i-can-t-get-yaqui-delgado-out-of-my-mind-plenty-of-girls-shake-their/) [Meg Medina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-medina/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tells-life/meg-medina/#itemlist", "name": "1 Tells Life Quotes By Meg Medina", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Take care not to listen to anyone who tells you what you can and can't be in life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Meg Medina" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-medina/take-care-not-to-listen-to-anyone-who-tells-you-what-you-can-and-can/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24b/meg-medina-25356_care_take-care-not-to-listen-to-anyone-who-te_2640159.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24b/meg-medina-25356_care_take-care-not-to-listen-to-anyone-who-te_2640159.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24b/meg-medina-25356_care_take-care-not-to-listen-to-anyone-who-te_2640159.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Take care not to listen to anyone who tells you what you can and can't be in life.” — Meg Medina", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tells-life/meg-medina/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tells-life/meg-medina/", "name": "Tells Life Quotes by Meg Medina", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tells-life/meg-medina/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24b/meg-medina-25356_care_take-care-not-to-listen-to-anyone-who-te_2640159.jpg" }, "description": "1 Tells Life quotes by Meg Medina. 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