Quotes by Maureen Johnson

About Maureen Johnson:

Maureen Johnson is an American author of young adult fiction. She has published ten young adult novels to date, including the Shades of London series and the Suite Scarlett series.
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Many large corporations are actually modeled on hell,' Brother Frank added. 'The policies and organization are almost idential. Hell, of course, is much worse.

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Things change. Never act is if situations won't change

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Eton produced Society's Monsters - everyone knew that. Politicians, mostly, and occasionally people who ran banks and all the other institutions that stole the world's spoils for themselves.

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Irony is the word I forget the meaning of immediately after I look it up, but I kind of feel like I live in a constant state of it.

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I sleep better knowing that a naked cork-eater is not sneaking around at night, stealing my underwear.

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When she emerged, Keith was watching the tiny round window of the under-the-counter washing machine. "Put your clothes in for a wash," he said. "They were disgusting." Ginny always thought that the only way of getting clothes clean was by drowning th...

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She had always thought applying to college would be exciting. Living away from home, meeting so many new people, Learning new things, making a few poor life desicisons....

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i get a little romantic about the old Empire State. Just looking at it makes me want to play some Frank Sinatra tunes and sway a little. I have a crush on a building. I'd been in there several times but never to work. I always knew there were offices...

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Lecturing Brooks was as useful as lecturing a cat.

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Don't get stabbed. It makes everything awkward.

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You can't curl up on the sofa and deny life forever. Life is always going to be a series of ouch-making moments, and the question was, was I going to go all fetal-position or was I going to woman up?

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I try to shake it loose-but these ideas, they cling. It's like I'm shackled to them with an iron chain. They rattle along behind me, dragging against the ground, always reminding me of their presence.

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Life is always going to be a series of ouch-making moments, and the question was, was I going to go all fetal position, or was I going to woman up? I went into fetal position on the bed to think about this. Fetal position turned out to be very comfor...

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This is England," he explained. "Tell someone it's a procedure, and they'll believe you. The pointless procedure is one of our great natural resources.

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I don't know if there is actually more rain here in England, or if it was just that the rain seemed to be so deliberately annoying. Every drop hit the window with a peevish "Am I bothering you? Does this make you cold and wet? Oh, sorry.

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English rain feels obligatory, like paperwork. It dampens already damn days and slicks the stones.

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Shame is like melting. You can actually feel your muscles sag and drop, as if your body is preparing you to crawl, or possibly ooze, to the nearest exit.

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Sometimes people graduate but they don't leave. They hang around for years, for no reason. I would think of ghosts like that, I decided.

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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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Fear can't hurt you. When it washes over you, give it no power. it's a snake with no venom.

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Author Bio

  • NameMaureen Johnson
  • Descriptionwriter from the USA
  • BornFebruary 16, 1973
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist