Ann M. Martin

For now, I just want things all safe and familiar. My life may not be perfect, but it is what I have…

— Ann M. Martin

“Really, Kristy, a sweater with snowflakes and snowmen on it? You look like a four-year-old.” “Well, you’ve got sheep barrettes in your…

— Ann M. Martin

“So wear a leotard or something,” I suggested. “Do you think anyone would believe I sleep in my clothes?” she asked. “Probably…

— Ann M. Martin

“I hoped that Mary Anne, Claudia, Stacey, and I - the Baby Sitters Club - would stay together for a long time.”

— Ann M. Martin

It's great that there are so many different kinds of books for kids and adults to choose from. I think an eclectic…

— Ann M. Martin

“On Claud, though, the look is very cool.) For example, today she was wearing a neon green tank top under a white…

— Ann M. Martin

I love to read, and I don't believe that you have to finish one book before you start another. --Mallory Pike

— Ann M. Martin

I think the complaint that I hear most often from kids, even kids who like to write is that don't know what…

— Ann M. Martin

I am fairly certain that my independent, high-spirited grandmother must have had a childhood similar to Betsy Ray'sAs I read about the…

— Ann M. Martin

I wonder how you say goodbye to someone forever?

— Ann M. Martin

“I remembered that Stacey was wearing a matching top and skirt made of gray sweatshirt material with big yellow number tens all…

— Ann M. Martin

“I pick at what's left of the popcorn and think about the summer, the summer that was both awful and wonderful. I…

— Ann M. Martin

“She was wearing a wonderful Claudia outfit — a purple-and-white striped bodysuit under a gray jumper-thing. The legs of the bodysuit stretched…

— Ann M. Martin

I want her back" I said "I want HIM back"~Charlie

— Ann M. Martin

“and my earlobes have not been stabbed (er, pierced).”

— Ann M. Martin

Because, you see, you only need one friend for a party. One is enough. Two is enough. Anything is enough.' ~pg 107;…

— Ann M. Martin

I've discovered that in order to make big changes in the world, we have to begin at home -- within ourselves

— Ann M. Martin

“housekeeper. She’s like the absentminded professor in that old movie. Then there are Jessi Ramsey and Mallory Pike, junior officers in the…

— Ann M. Martin

A couple of pieces of advice for the kids who are serious about writing are: first of all, to read everything you…

— Ann M. Martin

“Behind her was my youngest brother, David Michael (seven, going on three). He was brandishing an ugly figurine carved from a coconut,…

— Ann M. Martin

“Mary Anne is a real worrywart. Not to mention shynesswart and politenesswart. The teeniest things can make her cry, too — movies,…

— Ann M. Martin

“Sheep are in.”

— Ann M. Martin

“Stacey is glamorous. She moved to Stoneybrook, Connecticut, from New York City last summer. She’s very sophisticated, and is even allowed to…

— Ann M. Martin

“Everyone in the club is thirteen and in the eighth grade, except for our junior officers, Mallory Pike and Jessica Ramsey. Mal…

— Ann M. Martin

Cats definitely have their own opinions.

— Ann M. Martin