“What would she have? Coke, said Annie. And when she tasted the familiar drink, how much less scary the world was, and… — Caroline B. Cooney Coke Copy Share Image
“Stop being picky!” yelled Mandy. “You’re down to twelve minutes and you still have to swipe your credit card!” — Caroline B. Cooney Credit card Copy Share Image
“Her name was Janie and she loved her shoes and she loved her doggy back home and basically she loved everything. Hannah… — Caroline B. Cooney Happiness Copy Share Image
“Strat yearned to imagine her without even the thin white dress, but it would not be honorable, so he prevented himself from… — Caroline B. Cooney Heart Copy Share Image
“It's been one nightmare after another, Christina thought. Pretty soon I won't be able to keep track of them all.” — Caroline B. Cooney Nightmare Copy Share Image
“Did he think Brendan planned to snatch the laptop and throw it down a crevasse in a glacier?” — Caroline B. Cooney Did Think Copy Share Image
People nearly always believe, and are willing to back it up with weapons and cruelty, that their religion and way of life… — Caroline B. Cooney Believe Copy Share Image
“She wanted love, adventure, and wild, fierce emotions that would batter her, as storms battered the island. I am thirteen, Christina thought,… — Caroline B. Cooney Adventure Copy Share Image
“It was like crawling on glass. No matter how firmly she resolved not to think such stupid things, she thought them.” — Caroline B. Cooney Crawling Copy Share Image
“But West, like the rest of the Trevors, was endlessly polite. It gave them protection; they could stand neatly behind their courtesy.” — Caroline B. Cooney Courtesy Copy Share Image
“Lord, it’s only been six months since the last time I was a total jerk, thought Reeve. Am I going to be… — Caroline B. Cooney Jerk Copy Share Image
“Don't they look like ancient island princesses, marked out for sacrifice? Sent away for the sake of the islanders, to be given… — Caroline B. Cooney Princesses Copy Share Image
“There were no Middle Ages in America, dumb-o,” said his sister. “White people hadn’t gotten here yet. Only Europe had Middle Ages.” — Caroline B. Cooney Middle ages Copy Share Image
People think they own time. They have watches and clocks and digital pulses. But they are wrong. Time owns them. — Caroline B. Cooney Clock Copy Share Image
“The only good things about his eighteenth year were the things he hadn’t done: He hadn’t murdered anybody or sold drugs.” — Caroline B. Cooney Eighteenth Copy Share Image
“I guess you've grown up anyway, Janie. Even with all the bricks I put on your head to keep you little.” — Caroline B. Cooney Grown Copy Share Image
I believe my voice is pretty much the same. I've written 75 books, so I'm better at it now than I was… — Caroline B. Cooney Believe Copy Share Image
“She had never had a daydream that dreamed itself, like nightmares. That crawled out of her brain like a creature of the… — Caroline B. Cooney Brain Copy Share Image
“Rents were high, according to the ads in real estate agents’ windows, but not killer high.” — Caroline B. Cooney Estate agents Copy Share Image
“Brian and Lizzie were both really smart. Really quick. Plain basic types like Janie and Reeve could always get cornered.” — Caroline B. Cooney Really smart Copy Share Image
“Stephen was holding his glass of tea so tightly it squeezed out the bottom of his grip like toothpaste and landed on… — Caroline B. Cooney Tea Copy Share Image
“Who was Florinda, and why did she faint so often that she needed a special couch on which to do it?” — Caroline B. Cooney Couch Copy Share Image
“Reeve loved that Janie would make the plans. She’d make a list, he’d follow it, that would be that.” — Caroline B. Cooney Reeve Copy Share Image
“It’s an old picture,” said Stephen. “She’s in her thirties now. I don’t think she’s pretty anymore.” — Caroline B. Cooney Old picture Copy Share Image
