Maureen Johnson quotes

I have no phobias. Phobias are irrational. My fears are rational and CAREFULLY CULTIVATED, like roses. (Maureen Johnson)

The English play hockey in any weather. Thunder, lightening, plague of locusts... nothing can stop the hockey. Do not fight the hockey, for the hockey will win.

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When I worked in theater, I was always writing things on Post-it Notes and sticking them on screens or desks. Twitter has given me a way of continuing to post those notes, only a lot of other people see them, too.

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My rule is: the second you find yourself doing something you hate, quit doing it.

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I've heard people on panels say, 'You must have a Web site. You need to tweet. Repeat the title of your book constantly,' and I just want to say, 'Shut up. Everything you're saying is wrong.' People will know instantly if your only motivation for tweeting is to sell books.

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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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I am a mass of contradictions.

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Just then, my phone started ringing. The ring must have been damaged by the water as well, so now it had a high, keening note - kind of the sound I imagine a mermaid might make if you punched her in the face.

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I like you because you were mad. And you're pretty. And pretty sane for a mad person.

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WORTH IT and perfect are different things. No one's perfect, yet in romance, everyone becomes WORTH IT. And that's the trick.

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Even though she had been warned, she tripped over the bike. She probably tripped because she'd been warned and was telling herself not to trip over the bike. She did that sometimes. It was often easier not to know what obstacles were in the way. (Maureen Johnson)

It was like the entire world was colluding to make me feel insane, and it was doing a really good job.

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It was clearly one of those mornings when I was particularly American.

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Writing is one of the few careers for which you essentially train yourself, the other two major ones being juggling and pickpocketing.

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Fear can't hurt you," she said. "When it washes over you, give it no power. It's a snake with no venom. Remember that. That knowledge can save you.

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It's always easier to say good-bye when you know it's just a prelude to hello.

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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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Salt. Wound. Together at last.

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

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There is nothing about a bad situation that fourteen hyper cheerleaders can't worsen.

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I guess life is full of maybes. (Maureen Johnson)

It could have been like a fairy tale. But fairy tales aren't real. Things don't work like that. There's a price for everything.

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Proximity doesn't breed familiarity.

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I looked at the stained-glass image of the lamb in the window above me, but that only reminded me that lambs are famous for being led to slaughter, or sometimes hanging out with lions in ill-advised relationships.

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I had always assumed the weekend was a holy tradition, respected by good people everywhere. Not so at Wexford.

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Maureen Johnson

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Photo: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0

Occupation: American Author
Born: February 16, 1973
Quotes count: 99

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