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Lauren Myracle quotes

Ocupation: Writer

Life: b. May 15, 1969

Birthday: May 15

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You should eat a waffle! You can't be sad if you eat a waffle!

Topics: Funny, Sadness, Waffles

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We are all flawed, my dear. Every one of us. And believe me, we've all made mistakes. You've just got to take a good hard look at yourself, change what needs to be changed, and move one, pet.

source: - John Green, Lauren Myracle, Maureen Johnson (2009). “Let It Snow: Three Holiday Stories”, p.171, Penguin

Topics: Mistake, Moving, Believe

I live in my own little world. But its ok, they know me here.

Topics: Funny, Life, World, My Own World

If everyone started off the day singing, just think how happy they'd be.

Topics: Music, Song, Thinking

We all mess up. It's what we learn from our mistakes that matters.

Topics: Mistake, Lessons, Matter, Learning From Our Mistakes

But you have to live in the present. You have to take the old and make it new -- that's my point.

Topics: Live In The Present

Is he a sophomore?" Lydia says. "Please tell me he's in our grade." "I don't know," I say. "But weren't you there when he came to the office?" Peyton says. "The secretary didn't get out her bullhorn and announce what grade he's in. She just took him to meet Headmaster Perkins.

source: - Lauren Myracle (2009). “Peace, Love, and Baby Ducks”, p.97, Penguin

Topics: Office, Sophomore, Grades, Peyton, Headmasters

Suck it up. This is the life you chose for yourself, so buck up and deal.

Topics: Bucks, Deals

Even so, I was proud of myself for taking action at all. I didn't hide or run away or pretend the ugliness didn't happen. I stood up and said something that was true. I said it out loud, and by doing so, I was standing up for lots of people, not just me.

Topics: Running, People, Proud, Proud Of Myself

If you breathed deep and set your mind to it, you could rise above your anger.

Topics: Mind, Rise Above

Yes, that man acted ugly," she told us in plain English. "But throwing more ugliness back at him ain't the answer.

Topics: Men, Answers, Ugly, Plain English

Knowledge was more powerful than fear. Love was stronger than hate.

Topics: Powerful, Hate, Stronger

I loved everyone who said yes to the world and tried to make it better instead of worse, because so much in the world was ugly- and just about all the ugly parts were due to humans.

Topics: World, Ugly, Said

I'm in loooove with this boy, and when you in love with someone, you don't give up on 'em, mo matter what.

Topics: Giving Up, Boys

What is 'power' anyway? Power is an ego trip. Power is a way to rise yourself up by lowering others, and I want nothing of it.

Topics: Ego, Want, Way, Treating Others, Ego Trip

Three hot chicks for three hot chicks." "THEY'RE NOT CHICKS! THEY'RE DUCKS!

Topics: Ducks, Hot, Three, Hot Chick

Every girl on the planet was familiar to one-last-time e-mail checks.

Topics: Girl, Mail, Lasts

Sometimes when we forget to do things for others, it's because we're too wrapped up in our own problems.

Topics: Problem, Sometimes, Forget

I didn't like being alone. Being alone was slightly better than having to deal with people, that's all. Or so I'd convinced myself.

Topics: People, Deals, Like Being Alone

Curse false-hand-holding boys!

Topics: Boys, Hands, Hand Holding

You shоuld eat а waffle! Yоu саn't bе sad іf уоu eat а waffle!

Topics: Waffles

Being an author of banned books is cool, I've decided.

Topics: Book, Banned Books, Banned

If she did see, I hoped she' be amazed. Amazed and thankful, because without even asking, she'd received a genuine autograph from a genuine girl from Atlanta. Not just any girl, but a girl who was, frankly, a pretty big deal. A girl who was me.

source: - Lauren Myracle (2011). “Ten”, p.93, Penguin

Topics: Girl, Atlanta, Asking

It's unfair how the kids who are starving for attention tended to be so annoying that people had no inclination to give it to them.

Topics: Kids, People, Giving

Dogs like everyone. Cats choose who to like.

Topics: Dog, Cat

I keep what I know about Sarah Lynn and Lawrence to myself. I also remind myself that even if Sarah Lynn does have a scary strict father, that doesn't release her from the responsibility of treating others with respect. Abuse of power is wrong, no matter the context, no matter the history. What is "power" anyway? Power is an ego trip. Power is a way to rise yourself up by lowering others, and I want nothing of it.

Topics: Father, Responsibility, Scary, Treating Others, Ego Trip

My angel-boy is close now, as in five-feet-away close. There's no way I'm going to burst into song in front of him. But then the contrary part of me says, you're going to let a boy keep you from singing out loud? Sing, sister! Sing! So I do, and my angel-boy turns his head.

Topics: Song, Angel, Boys, My Angel

And they all have pretty chilrden, And the children go to school, And the children to go summer camp, And then to the university, Where they are put in bozes And they come out all the same. - Malvina Reynolds

Topics: Summer, Children, School

She holds herself with such reserve. She smiles, but the smile doesn't reach her eyes, even in the company of the girls she's chosen to eat with. Why? I have no clue, and I really don't want to spend my time worrying about it. But my brain pushes at the question anyway. Why are people aloof? Because they don't want to let others in. Why don't they want to let others in? Well, sometimes because they're shy, and sometimes because they're convinced of their own superiority. But those aren't the only reasons. Sometimes it's because thay have something to hide.

Topics: Girl, Eye, Worry, Aloof

Just because you're into Kate...well, it doesn't necessarily mean you're gay. Although it's okay if you are. But if that's what's worrying you...' Ariel sighed. 'God. It shouldn't be so hard to talk about this stuff. All I'm saying is maybe you're gay and maybe you're not. Maybe you're bi. Or maybe it's totally a Kate thing. Maybe you'd want to be with her whether she was a girl or a boy.' I blinked. I didn't know if what she said made things better or worse.

Topics: Girl, Mean, Gay, Ariel

So as a seventh grader, no, you weren't friends with people you didn't like. But sometimes you also weren't friends with people you did like, which was complicated, and which didn't make any sense if you tried to explain it. Sometimes things just changed. That's where the sadness came in.

Topics: Sadness, People, Sometimes

There's something strange about this big pink bunny...

Topics: Bunnies, Strange, Bigs

Prancing around with marshmallowss on your nipples does *not* constitute living your life fully!

Topics: Live Your Life, Doe, Nipples, Prancing

Hello toes," I say. They're good toes. I like that they're long and slender and not the slightest bit stubby. I wiggle them, ten unstubby waves that say, "And hello to you, Human Host!" Except they're toes. I'm talking to my toes. Maybe I'm not bored... maybe I'm lonely?

source: - Lauren Myracle (2013). “Bliss”, p.74, Abrams

Topics: Lonely, Talking, Bored, Slender, I'm Lonely

I was just teasing," I say. "I myself don't like to eat plain butter, but hey, it's a free world.

Topics: Hey, World, Tease

One: Don't play leapfrog with elephants. Two: Don't pet a tiger unless his tail is wagging. Three: Never, ever, mess with the Ladies Auxiliary. -Mayberry Rules for a Long, Happy Life

Topics: Happy Life, Play, Elephants, Mayberry

I'm sorry," he said again, and this time he took those words and owned them.

Topics: Sorry, Said

They're not chicks. They're ducks.

source: - Lauren Myracle (2009). “Peace, Love, and Baby Ducks”, p.204, Penguin

Topics: Ducks, Chicks

Christmas is never over,unless you want it to be... Christmas is a state of mind.

source: - John Green, Lauren Myracle, Maureen Johnson (2009). “Let It Snow: Three Holiday Stories”, p.172, Penguin

Topics: Mind, Want, States

Hey. What is it that famous person said? 'It'll all work out in the end, and if it doesn't, that means it's not the end yet'?

source: - Lauren Myracle (2009). “Peace, Love, and Baby Ducks”, p.74, Penguin

Topics: Mean, Work Out, Hey

zoegirl: have u named the chicks? SnowAngel:yes, but i keep getting them mixed up. so now i call all of them "squishy." they're the collective squishy. zoegirl: *r* they squishy? SnowAngel: when you squeeze them,yes. but not in a yucky way. SnowAngel: they're growing on me, the little squishies. altho 1 of them pooped on my pillow. zoegirl: u let them on your bed? SnowAngel: they like it when i bounce them.

Topics: Way, Bed, Growing, Bounce

You have to be nicer to me," I said. Again he laughed. "What? I'm the King of nice. What are you talking about?" "You have to be nicer to me or... or..." "Or what?" he said. Still Lars, still charming and jokey, but with a thread of fear. It snaked in and pierced my numbness and almost broke my resolve. Almost, but not quite. "Or I have ti break up with you." I whispered What was there more to say? Nothing. So I hung up.

Topics: Kings, Nice, Talking

When you make a solemn promise to a friend, it ain't right to go back on it. No. Never let your friend down, never break a trust, and when you give your word, never go back on it. -Sheriff Andy Taylor

Topics: Giving, Promise, Break

hi, puppy." she's not a puppy. She's a girl," Nancy's mother says. Nancy pats me and says, "Good puppy. Nice puppy." When he mother bends down to pull her away, she wraps both arms around my legs and wails. "No! My puppy!

Topics: Girl, Mother, Nice

Kids are smart. Knowledge is power. Let them figure things out. Don't turn into that grown-up who they won't come to.

Topics: Smart, Kids, Knowledge Is Power

Other people have suggested that I write about teens because I'm perpetually stuck in that stage of my own development. That could very well be true. I would throw out that teens and tweens are just absolutely fabulous and the most interesting people on the planet. And it is a time of high drama, and everything matters.

Topics: Drama, Writing, Interesting, Tweens, Absolutely Fabulous

You know, this technology that we have, and the Internet and Twitter and Facebook - I get so many of those emails that talk about hard times that kids have gone through, how books have helped them, but also happy times.

Topics: Book, Kids, Technology, Happy Times, Twitter And Facebook

Some people do want to stand on the rooftop and scream out their story. Others are cowering in the corner, or sitting with a blank face in class, and not knowing how to tell their story.

Topics: Class, Knowing, People, Rooftops

And books are such an empowering way to give voice to some of these kids who aren't yet ready to tell their story. Or don't know what their story is, or are trying to figure it out.

Topics: Book, Kids, Voice

You shоuld eat а waffle! Yоu саn't bе sad іf уоu eat а waffle!

Topics: Waffles

I did a lot of research on a couple different things. One was, how do people handle hating themselves and hating others? And hatred is a secondary emotion, I think; it always springs from something else ... usually fear, that's probably what it is. So I looked a lot at that.

Topics: Couple, Spring, Hate

And they just slam the door. And they don't peek into that land any more. And they forget that teens and tweens are people, absolutely just as much as adults are. And their problems may play out on a smaller scale, but the things they go through are equally as valid as a CEO trying to figure out how to deal with a crisis at work. I just write for teens because I love 'em.

Topics: Writing, Doors, Land, Tweens

And you're figuring out who you are, and you haven't yet become stagnant in your thinking. You haven't solidified. And one thing that I find is that a lot of grown-ups tend to look back on their high school or middle school years and say, "Oh, thank God all that's over."

Topics: School, Thinking, Years, School Years

Also, as an author, character has always been what I'm most interested in - much more so than plot or setting, although those are good things too.

Topics: Character, Plot, Good Things

I'm a southern girl, and I grew up with this slightly schizophrenic upbringing where I bounced back and forth between Atlanta, Georgia, and a tiny mountain town called Brevard, North Carolina. My parents were divorced, and my two lives were very different because of socioeconomic reasons.

Topics: Girl, Atlanta, Two, Southern Girl, Atlanta Georgia

I've written a lot of novels for teens and tweens ... but I'd never really tackled the North Carolina side of me. And it's so strong and so important, and yet I hadn't acknowledged it. And so one of the things I wanted to do in "Shine" is take that on.

Topics: Strong, Shining, Important, Tweens

I think that ties in with issues of identity as well - that sometimes there are parts of us we want to hide, and then there's other times we say, "You know what? Nope. Done hiding that part."

Topics: Thinking, Issues, Ties

You know it’s them books what make you talk funny.

Topics: Book, Knows

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