Maureen Johnson

I guess life is full of maybes.

— Maureen Johnson

Proximity doesn't breed familiarity.

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“He was the closest thing she had to a pony.”

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Nothing was quite like it was supposed to be.

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because talent alone doesn't make an artist

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“Did you ask people to crime scenes on dates?”

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What tinfoil?" he asked.

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Salt. Wound. Together at last.

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“Running away is pretty pathetic, but it’s even worse getting caught.”

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“Nowhere was good. Except with Eric. He had both perfumed and poisoned her entire world.”

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“You have to imagine your way through. Never say something can't be done, even if it's weird.”

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Every time you try to flirt with her, a puppy dies.

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Tired, but not the kind of tired that sleep fixes.

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Quarrels are a natural part of relationships. Making up is always the best part.

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“I had always liked him, but it never occurred to me to like him, like him.”

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“Things change. Never act is if situations won't change”

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It was almost funny. Life seemed downright accidental in its brevity, and death a punch line to a lousy joke.

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“It was very pretty. It also made Marlene look very demure, which she probably hated. Ideally, Marlene probably wanted an outfit that…

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She introduced herself to my parents with one of her mighty, bunny-crushing handshakes. (I'd never seen Claudia crush a bunny, to be…

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Sometimes it is worth any amount of suffering just to prevent giving your parents the opportunity to be right.

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A woman who shaves or otherwise depilates her pubic curls has a profound interest in recreational sex.

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It's always awkward when someone doesn't realize you're joking and devotes thought time to what you've said. Double that when the person…

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Stuart must have sensed my despair from the way I began lightly banging my forehead on the table.

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You're...a demon hunter?' 'It's not as exciting as it sounds,' he said. 'There is a surprising amount of paperwork involved.

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I like to talk. Talking is kind of my thing. If talking had been a sport option at Wexford, I would have…

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I'm done. I'm going to go to bed and read important books about theater." "It would would be easier if you just…

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These houses had been plunked down with an alarming randomness -- unevenly spaced, on crooked lines, like whoever had designed the place…

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She looks like a jumper to me. Jumpers do that a lot, stand on the edge and stare out. Never kill yourself…

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The essay I had to read was called, "An Essay on Criticism" by Alexander Pope. The first challenge was that the essay…

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“England and Britain and the United Kingdom are not the same thing. England is the country. Britain is the island containing England,…

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I could envision it all to clearly: Stuart or Debbie finding the dented door off its hinges, lying in the snow. "She…

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People were freaked out, but they showed it in weird ways. Back home, people would have been weeping and doing a lot…

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One thing," I said, when we had broken apart and the swirling feeling in my head subsided. "Maybe...don't tell your mom too…

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We learn that many great thinkers were convinced that the Bible contained the Ancient Mysteries, but not in the literal words—that the…

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I remember how, at first, I had felt the tension in his lips, as if he was trying to make a barrier…

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When they separated, the freckleless spot between Pete's eyes was bright red. Before anything else could be said or done, May grabbed…

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“Maybe it was that I was broken. Maybe it was just that I was out of my mind. But it occurred to…

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“Of course, he showed me this one afternoon when he was skipping class. When trolls cut classes, you think they are losers.…

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“A strange thing happened to me as I walked away from Jane's house--I was finally thinking clearly . I could see what…

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“Some other facts I picked up: Welsh is an actual, currently used language and our next-door neighbours Angela and Gaenor spoke it.…

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