Boyfriend and girlfriend Quote by Barbara Park

“Then Mrs. confiscated my shiny glitter jar. Confiscate is the school word for yanked it right out of my hand.”

— Barbara Park

A stick or a stone only stings for a minute. A name seems to hurt forever.

— Barbara Park

Even though sometimes you can control your anger, you can't control your sadness.

— Barbara Park

Of all the novels I've written, my favorite is 'Mick Harte Was Here'.

— Barbara Park

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…

— Barbara Park

“How many minutes is shortly?” I asked. “Is it one minute or eight minutes or eleven minutes? On account of if it's one minute,…

— Barbara Park

“That Grace looked annoyed at me. "I didn't say you would go to jail, Junie B.," she said. "I just wish you would say…

— Barbara Park

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…

— Barbara Park

All of my characters are less than perfect.

— Barbara Park

Sometimes grown ups don't act their right old age

— Barbara Park

“I don't even like clowns. Clowns are not normal people.”

— Barbara Park

I'm not actually sure I'm grown-up enough for grown-up books,

— Barbara Park