Top 42 Ann M. Martin Quotes
#1. Sure. Waffles are fine. How come you didn't ask me what I wanted?" "I'm asking you now." "They're fine," Janine said again. Sighing, she turned back to the computer. I stuck my tongue out at her and ran downstairs. "Waffles are fine!" I told Mimi.
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#2. I think reading is a gift. It was a gift that was given to me as a child by many people, and now as an adult and a writer, I'm trying to give a little of it back to others. It's one of the greatest pleasures I know.
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#3. trust you are prepared for it, both financially and phy - " "We're all set," I said, cutting Janine off.
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#5. When you take fright and add to it ignorance, you get hatred. That's a very unattractive equation.
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#6. Mom says,'What are you going to do when it's time to go to college?' I choose not to think about that yet. That is years away. For now, I just watn things all safe and familiar. My life may not be perfect, but it is what I have known.
~pg 16; Hattie on change
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#7. Uncle Joe says they're running around like thirty-year-olds." Claudia looked confused. "Is that supposed to be young?" "To him," I replied.
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#8. I love to read, and I don't believe that you have to finish one book before you start another.
Mallory Pike
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#9. I hoped that Mary Anne, Claudia, Stacey, and I - the Baby Sitters Club - would stay together for a long time.
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#10. Pop once said it's a good thing we don't know what's around the corner. I didn't understand what he meant then, but I do now. It's better to wish than to know.
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#11. An average person has an IQ of 100. An above-average person has an IQ of 120 to 140. A person with an IQ of 150 is considered a genius. Janine's IQ is 196. Sometimes
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#12. I looked at Andrew and at Nannie. I loved them and the rest of my family very much. I loved my friends too. For now that was enough love for me.
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#13. Because, you see, you only need one friend for a party. One is enough. Two is enough. Anything is enough.'
~pg 107; Adam on friendship
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#14. Thought for sure someone would screech or gasp or fall off the bed.
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#15. Dawn had not yet said anything nice. She was trying to be friendly, but something wasn't right. Did she think I looked terrible? Was she mad at me?
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#16. Love is unpredictable. It can be painful. It can be wonderful.
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#17. Some people say that success equals money, but frankly, I don't think success is money at all ... Success is being the best at whatever you want to do well at.
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#18. But she used to disagree with me on everything, just so she could pick a fight.
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#19. A Positive Attitude makes a Powerful Mind.
Mrs. Pike from The Babysitters' Club book Hello, Mallory
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#20. For now, I just want things all safe and familiar. My life may not be perfect, but it is what I have known.
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#21. I believe you are one of the people that can lift the corners of the universe.
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#23. (I love Mary Anne dearly, but she was no help. She still thinks you score touchdowns in baseball.)
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#24. Did you do something crazy, like cut it all off?" "Well," I said, "not all." "But it's real short, right?" "Yeah, but - " "Why did you do it?
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#26. I want her back" I said "I want HIM back"~Charlie
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#27. It's awfully hard helping your parents grow up. But it has to be done.
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#28. You got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, and latch on to the affirmative. Don't mess with Mr. In Between.
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#29. I've discovered that in order to make big changes in the world, we have to begin at home
within ourselves
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#30. There's so many different kinds of rights to consider these days: computer, e-book, all sorts of things. Forget foreign rights and entertainment rights. There are so many things to consider and an agent is going to know how to wade through all that much better than you are.
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#31. Are you going to talk about boys?" Sarah laughed. "What boys?" "Any boys." "No. We're talking about what we want for Christmas." "I want a dog," said Rose, hurrying to Abby's side. "A sister," said Sarah. "Poetry books," said Abby. "You just want poetry books because Zander likes poetry," said Rose.
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#33. I really loved this book. I did for a school book report last year and I really got into it I just couldnt take my eyes of! You really absolutley need to read this book!
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#34. However, I knew Mimi would want me to play, so I agreed to.
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#35. Mm-hm," Dawn said. "Um, I'm sorry." "Yeah. Right." I'm sorry, too, Mary Anne was what I was sort of hoping to hear.
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#36. If you're very serious about writing it's helpful to find an agent. It's becoming more and more competitive to have your manuscript even looked at by an editor. Many companies don't accept unsolicited manuscripts anymore, so they'll pay more attention to something that comes in through an agent.
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#37. She thought of Mama making dresses for her and Rose because handmade was cheaper than store bought,
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#38. If Kristy wanted me to feel left out for some reason, I could do the same to her.
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#39. I wonder how you say goodbye to someone forever?
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#40. Oh, easy," said Janine. "It was George Herman. That's it. I won!" "Cheater!" I cried. "You looked! You must have looked!" "I did not," Janine retorted. "I just knew it." "Nerd!" Janine slammed the board shut and walked off in a huff.
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#41. Dawn has two holes pierced in each ear. (Mary Anne and I will never get our ears pierced.) The
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#42. You just said you had been thinking about it for awhile," Dawn cut in. "Thinking about it," I said. "But you know me - " "I thought I did." Dawn jammed some bean curd in her mouth.
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