"These houses had been plunked down with an……" — Maureen Johnson
"These houses had been plunked down with an alarming randomness -- unevenly spaced, on crooked lines, like whoever had designed the place had said, "We'll just follow this cat, and wherever he sits down, we'll build something."
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170 Quotes by Maureen Johnson
Maureen Johnson has 170 quotes on this site.
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English rain feels obligatory, like paperwork. It dampens already damn days and slicks the stones.
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I may have been a complete lunatic, but I was a complete lunatic with manners.
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Kissing is something that makes up for a lot of other crap you have to put up with...It can be…
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But we made our own fun, mostly. I recall a time, many years later, when American children seemed unable to…
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Having your back scratched is not the only reason to be married, but it is a good one, especially for…
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Harry Potter achieved a very special act of actual magic: it made it completely acceptable for an adult to carry…
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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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Guilt isn't always a rational thing, Clio realized. Guilt is a weight that will crush you whether you deserve it…
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You've never told me about your love life, Scarlett. You're a very pretty girl. You must have a boy shacked…
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Being an author means, almost by definition, that you make up characters and then complicate their lives. That's it, really.…
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My rule is: the second you find yourself doing something you hate, quit doing it.
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The kids I talk to are readers, and the craziest, the most dedicated readers you will ever see.
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