Megan McCafferty Quotes

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Heart Hurt Past School Waiting

I never understood the point of being sad when I could choose to be happy

Megan McCafferty

Positivity, Being Sad, Choose To Be Happy

Megan McCafferty (2007). “Second Helpings: A Jessica Darling Novel”, p.94, Broadway Books

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I know. It's shocking to think that the government would try to stick its nose in our ladyparts.

Megan McCafferty

Thinking, Government, Trying

Megan McCafferty (2011). “Bumped”, p.141, Random House

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Faith is accepting what makes no sense, what we cannot prove, but know down deep in our souls is real.

Megan McCafferty

Real, Soul, Accepting

Megan McCafferty (2011). “Bumped”, p.225, Random House

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I almost can’t believe I’m going to make myself vulnerable to him again. But what is love but the most extreme and exquisite form of risk perception? I know that relationships don’t last. And yet, with him, the risk of not being with him is much worse than any other hurt I can imagine.

Megan McCafferty

Hurt, Believe, What Is Love

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What I envy most about you and everyone else heading back to school is the certainty of it all. You’ve got a prescribed set of requirements to guide you through the next few years. Focus your energy on the completion of those assignments and you’ll succeed. Guaranteed. Where’s my syllabus to guide me through life?

Megan McCafferty

School, Years, Envy

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I just don't see the point in beating myself up. I think it's more productive to concentrate on being a better person right now than punishing myself for who I was in the past.

Megan McCafferty

Past, Thinking, Better Person

Megan McCafferty (2010). “The Complete Jessica Darling Series: Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, Perfect Fifths”, p.792, Crown

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furious flutter awakened hummingbird heart hello hello love

Megan McCafferty

Heart, Hello, Hummingbirds

Megan McCafferty (2007). “Second Helpings: A Jessica Darling Novel”, p.354, Broadway Books

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We're all people", he said simply. "It doesn't matter if you're two, thirty-two, or ninety-two. Everyone wants to be treated with respect. Everyone wants to feel like they matter in this world.

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Two, People, World

Megan McCafferty (2006). “Charmed Thirds: A Jessica Darling Novel”, p.59, Broadway Books

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I thought Marcus was going to be in my life forever. Then I thought I was wrong. Now he’s back. But this time I know what’s certain: Marcus will be gone again, and back again and again and again because nothing is permanent. Especially people. Strangers become friends. Friends become lovers. Lovers become strangers. Strangers become friends once more, and over and over. Tomorrow, next week, fifty years from now, I know I’ll get another one-word postcard from Marcus, because this one doesn’t have a period signifying the end of the sentence. Or the end of anything at all.

Megan McCafferty

Love, Next Week, Years

Megan McCafferty (2010). “The Complete Jessica Darling Series: Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, Perfect Fifths”, p.1233, Crown

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My thoughts create my world -Marcus Flutie

Megan McCafferty

World, My Thoughts, Marcus Flutie

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Even with the best intentions, growing apart might just be an inevitable part of growing up.

Megan McCafferty

Growing Up, Might, Intention

Megan McCafferty (2010). “The Complete Jessica Darling Series: Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, Perfect Fifths”, p.458, Crown

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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 awesome on him.

Megan McCafferty

Crush, Hurt, It Hurts

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Humans find meaningfulness where none exists because we want to create a sense of order in this chaotic universe. It's called apophenia. (And it's also the reason people believe in God.)

Megan McCafferty

Believe, Order, People

Megan McCafferty (2010). “The Complete Jessica Darling Series: Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, Perfect Fifths”, p.1102, Crown

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Where's my syllabus to guide me through life?

Megan McCafferty

Syllabus, Guides, Guide Me

Megan McCafferty (2007). “Fourth Comings: A Jessica Darling Novel”, p.176, Broadway Books

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It's human nay-cha...For me to sperminay-cha.

Megan McCafferty

Humans

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I feel better when I am not around people. When I am alone, alone, alone.

Megan McCafferty

Feel Better, People, Feels

Megan McCafferty (2007). “Second Helpings: A Jessica Darling Novel”, p.234, Broadway Books

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Fortunately for me, I'm still evolving into the person I'm supposed to be. And though they don't know it yet, and may not come to accept it, I'm done living by their protocols or anyone else's. I'm the only one who will take credit for my successes. And I'm the only one who will take the blame for my mistakes. From now on, I live for me.

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Mistake, Credit, Done

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I used to think that I wouldn't change anything from my past, because doing so would inevitably affect who I am now. But considering my current state, I'm thinking it might not be a bad idea to go back in time to fix things.

Megan McCafferty

Past, Thinking, Who I Am

Megan McCafferty (2010). “The Complete Jessica Darling Series: Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, Perfect Fifths”, p.1194, Crown

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Words can be used as a bomb or balm.

Megan McCafferty

Bombs, Used

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The tales we tell ourselves about ourselves makes us who we are.

Megan McCafferty

Who We Are, Tales

Megan McCafferty (2009). “Perfect Fifths: A Jessica Darling Novel”, p.130, Broadway Books

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Hornergy' is Zen's term for the indomitable athletic edge powered by sexual restraint. The basketball, baseball and football teams haven't had a winning season in years. The table-tennis team, however, is undefeated.

Megan McCafferty

Basketball, Baseball, Football

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Since I’ve known you, you’ve been spinning and spinning and spinning into all these various personas, and none of this self-exploration and experimentation has given you a sense of peace. I’ve known you for six years, intimately for four, and I still have no idea who I’m in love with.

Megan McCafferty

Saying Goodbye, Self, Years

Megan McCafferty (2007). “Fourth Comings: A Jessica Darling Novel”, p.349, Broadway Books

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I hate the very human inclination towards insensitivity

Megan McCafferty

Hate, Insensitivity, Humans

Megan McCafferty (2010). “The Complete Jessica Darling Series: Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, Perfect Fifths”, p.1108, Crown

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It's just Jessica and Marcus, oxymoronically alone together.

Megan McCafferty

Together, Jessica

Megan McCafferty (2009). “Perfect Fifths: A Jessica Darling Novel”, p.237, Broadway Books

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And now, as I'm lying alone in my own bed, I keep thinking about writhing against him last night, naked and vulnerable. Even after we'd both risen and fallen, peaked and plummeted, even after Marcus was physically shrinking from inside me, I couldn't stop clutching, crying, trying. Trying to pull him deeper, deeper, deeper within. Trying to make him more a part of me than I am myself.

Megan McCafferty

Lying, Night, Thinking

Megan McCafferty (2010). “The Complete Jessica Darling Series: Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, Perfect Fifths”, p.941, Crown

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