--- title: "1 Thinks Bad Quotes By Meg Medina" description: "1 Thinks Bad quotes by Meg Medina. Plus more from Meg Medina and more Thinks Bad sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48e/meg-medina-25356_worst-thing_the-whole-building-was-probably-listenin_1737345.jpg" --- > [“The whole building was probably listening in on her escandalo through the pipes; maybe even the whole block could hear. That tells you how mad she was, because if there’s one thing Ma hates, it’s looking low. The worst thing…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48e/meg-medina-25356_worst-thing_the-whole-building-was-probably-listenin_1737345.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/thinks-bad/meg-medina/#itemlist", "name": "1 Thinks Bad Quotes By Meg Medina", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The whole building was probably listening in on her escandalo through the pipes; maybe even the whole block could hear. That tells you how mad she was, because if there’s one thing Ma hates, it’s looking low. The worst thing you can be is a chusma. 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