Megan McCafferty

I'm not in love. It's a crush which is why it hurts. Crushes crush. Otherwise they'd be called awesomes. "I have an…

— Megan McCafferty

See, my idea of cute comes with an IQ requirement. It's geeky cute. It's Rivers Cuomo, not Justin Timberlake. It's Gideon Yago,…

— Megan McCafferty

“I may feel like a social outcast but im not really one. I think im an outcast inasmuch as I want to…

— Megan McCafferty

You don't have to agree with me, but I think the heart of who we are stays pretty much the same," Hope…

— Megan McCafferty

But why would it matter? We aren't ... or...uh...weren't ..." Which is it, Jess? "Aren't" or "weren't"? Present or past tense? Now…

— Megan McCafferty

The real world, whether we like it or not, is right here, right now. All of this, every day, is important. Everybody…

— Megan McCafferty

“He's got a pointy bald head, and too much flesh hanging around his neck. The resulting combination gives him an unlikely yet…

— Megan McCafferty

Prayers are answered in one of four ways,” she said. “Yes. No. I have something else in mind. And . . .”…

— Megan McCafferty

I almost can’t believe I’m going to make myself vulnerable to him again. But what is love but the most extreme and…

— Megan McCafferty

“My mother, of course, had a different opinion. 'They're driving me crazy!' she said, swatting at them with her beige Coach handbag.…

— Megan McCafferty

“Oh, yeah,' she said. 'He likes your brain, J.D., but he ain't attracted to you, which is a cryin' shame, if you…

— Megan McCafferty

I'm sitting in the bleachers, watching longingly as all the boys and umbumped girls in my Personal Health and Fitness class play…

— Megan McCafferty

Did you know that the average American spends six months of his or her life waiting for red lights to turn green?…

— Megan McCafferty

What are your thoughts?' 'My thoughts?' I replied, before I even realized what I was saying. 'My thoughts created my world.' Mac…

— Megan McCafferty

“The stories teach them valuable life lessons. That good things happen to bad people. That it’s possible to make a bad situation…

— Megan McCafferty

“We’re your friends,” said Bridget. “And we’re worried about you,”said Pepe. “I’m fine.” Then I mean to laugh a silly, carefree kind…

— Megan McCafferty

I'VE LEARNED THAT YOU CAN'T CONTROL WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THINK ABOUT YOU. THE BEST YOU CAN DO IN LIFE…

— Megan McCafferty

All subjects are the same. I memorize notes for a test, spew it, ace it, then forget it. What makes this scary…

— Megan McCafferty

I do so much revising as I go along; I wonder how I could write books if I hadn't grown up in…

— Megan McCafferty

Marcus Flutie slept with just about every girl on the Eastern Seaboard except me. Though, he tried to get into my panties…

— Megan McCafferty

Most of my friends from Columbia are going on to get advanced degrees. And why not? A Ph.D. is the new M.A.,…

— Megan McCafferty

I thought Marcus was going to be in my life forever. Then I thought I was wrong. Now he’s back. But this…

— Megan McCafferty

“In choosing to be a Psychology major, I decided to learn for the joy of learning for the first time in my…

— Megan McCafferty

“After all, you can't hang out at the park with your kid and shop for coordinating head scarves and flip-flops (or whatever…

— Megan McCafferty

“I pray that it will be different when they're our age. I pray for a cure to the Virus so they can…

— Megan McCafferty

“So where should we go at it?' asked Bastian. 'Anywhere you want me,' I murmured, dreamily. 'Pardon?' 'Anywhere,' I said. 'Why don't…

— Megan McCafferty

“I read your poem," I croaked. "'Fall.'" Then something I never thought would happen, happened: Marcus Flutie was shocked by something I…

— Megan McCafferty

I believe that what we get out of life is what we've set ourselves up to get, so there's no such thing…

— Megan McCafferty

“Perspective basically guarantees that there’s no such thing as a pure emotion. Every emotion is based on how sucky (or not) something…

— Megan McCafferty

I love when I reach Marcus on the phone and as he says hello, I can hear the music he's listening to…

— Megan McCafferty

“I am fluent in snark. Bethany only notices snark when snark grabs her off the sidewalk, throws her in the back of…

— Megan McCafferty

“Well, I think it's possible to love someone and still be curious about someone else. And I think you should be able…

— Megan McCafferty

And now, as I'm lying alone in my own bed, I keep thinking about writhing against him last night, naked and vulnerable.…

— Megan McCafferty