Backgrounds Quote by Judy Blume
![“I thought ["Summer Sisters" ] would be a children's book - two girls who summer together from very different backgrounds. And then when it just kept going and going and going. They kept getting older.” quote by Judy Blume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bf9/judy-blume-2002_backgrounds_i-thought-summer-sisters-would-be-a-chil_2062417.jpg)
“I thought ["Summer Sisters" ] would be a children's book - two girls who summer together from very different backgrounds. And then when it just kept going and going and going. They kept getting older.”
“I thought ["Summer Sisters" ] would be a children's book - two girls who summer together from very different backgrounds. And then when it just kept going and going and going. They kept getting older.”
![“I thought about ["Summer Sisters" ] so often as I was writing about these female characters who love each other and hated each other and were sort of in love with each other.” quote by Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1f5/lena-dunham-1013_character_i-thought-about-summer-sisters-so-often_979222.jpg)
![“[With "Summer Sisters" the publisher] sent me on a big book tour. And it was the most wonderful professional experience of my life. I mean it was like Kleenex on every table wherever I was, friends patting friends on the back and they'd cry and I'd cry.” quote by Judy Blume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ce6/judy-blume-2002_big-book_with-summer-sisters-the-publisher-sent-m_3084586.jpg)
![“If no one speaks out for [young readers], if they don’t speak out for themselves, all they’ll get for required reading will be the most bland books available. Instead of finding the information they need at the library, instead of finding novels that illuminate life, they will find only those…” quote by Judy Blume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/924/judy-blume-2002_age_if-no-one-speaks-out-for-young-readers-i_51912.jpg)
