Deenie's Quotes

#1. But it only makes visible a darkness that's already there. Maybe eating it like that ... " She looked at Deenie, her voice like a pulse in Deenie's brain. "Maybe you bring the darkness inside you. Maybe Lise has it inside her now.

Megan Abbott

#2. My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more.

Barry Humphries

#3. It was the best night ever.
And they hadn't talked about any of it since.

Megan Abbott

#4. We are, in this country, more open to new ideas. But we are also, it seems to me, more inclined to hail the new as absolute truth - until the next new comes along.

Paula Fox

#5. Nothing is real.

John Lennon

#6. Sexual debut. Sometimes it seemed to Deenie that high school was like a long game of And Then There Were None. Every Monday, another girl's debut.

Megan Abbott

#7. Only the present moment matters.

Wendy Wunder

#8. You once told me that we're here to eat all the good Mexican food we can," I reminded him, "and when we've had our fill, it's time to move on.

Dean Koontz

#9. There is something to this fabric of life that is beautiful. If you find the world unpleasant, I don't think that is wisdom. That is a sign of a lack of wisdom.

Frederick Lenz

#10. An income tax form is like a laundry list - either way you lose your shirt.

Fred Allen

#11. My mother named me Deenie because right before I was born she saw a movie about a beautiful girl named Wilmadeene, who everybody called Deenie for short.

Judy Blume

#12. Most people want their representatives to get something done.

Joe Lieberman

#13. I'm in a difficult position in the sense that, preposterous as this might sound, I don't like being the centre of attention. I get up on stage every night and play songs, but I almost feel the songs are the centre of attention. I don't like opening my birthday presents in front of people, either.

Alex Turner

#14. Friends and family argue and fight, but it means nothing. It's human nature. Love isn't perfectly patient or kind or sunny. Love is volatile and tempestuous and forgiving.

Alyssa Day

#15. Since then, he could only ever think about his sister, one wall away. And how he hoped Deenie never did things like this. With guys like him.

Megan Abbott

#16. The hardest thing about being a parent is watching your kids make mistakes. Our instinct is to protect you. But you're right, Deenie. Sometimes we have to step aside and let you make them anyway. The best we can do is be there when you mess up.

Lisi Harrison