Barbara Park Quotes

18 quotes in 295 categories

• I'm not actually sure I'm grown-up enough for grown-up books,
• Junie B. Jones. The B stands for Beatrice. Except, I don't like Beatrice. I just like B and that's all.
• There are those who believe that the value of a children's book can be measured only in terms of the moral lessons it tries to…
• I happen to think that a book is of extraordinary value if it gives the reader nothing more than a smile or two. It's perfectly…
• I'm so lazy as far as liking to get up, go to the office in my pajamas, get dressed about noon. And I hate flying.…
• Our nannas are losers.
• Sometimes grown ups don't act their right old age
• Sometimes I think he’s the kind of friend that grownups call a ‘fair-weather friend.’ That means when everything’s going smoothly, he’s the best friend a…
• When you’re in between dreams, you get to lean back and relax and stop trying so hard. Trying to be somebody, I mean. It’s not…
• And sometimes when you're very mixed-up inside, you do things you know you shouldn't do.
• Can't we be friends?' I hate your guts, Frankovitch' Can't our guts be friends?
• A little glitter can turn your whole day around.
• The upside to grief is it takes away your appetite. When people say you look good they really mean it. Nature's thoughtful that way.
• Society just has a way of inhibiting you, which is good and bad.
• My own pregnancies were all about me, me, me. My aches, my pains, my swollen feet, and my body that looked like the Michelin Man.
• Ever since I began writing my Junie B. Jones series, people have been assuming that the character is based on me when I was a…
• I was a good kid, but I was just very chatty. Teachers were rarely entertained, but occasionally a child was, which was enough for me.…
• All of my characters are less than perfect.

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