Judy Blume > Quotes

“Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.”
― Judy Blume

“[I]t's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.”
― Judy Blume

“The truth will make you odd.”
― Judy Blume

“Snoring keeps the monsters away.”
― Judy Blume, Fudge-a-Mania

“Thats not a bad word, hate and war are bad words, fuck isnt.”
― Judy Blume, Forever

“you can't deny they ever happened. You can't deny you ever loved them, love them still, even if loving them causes you pain”
― Judy Blume

“Not everything has to have a point. Some things just are. ”
― Judy Blume, Summer Sisters

“You've never been in love," she said. "You don't understand."

"If being in love means giving up your freedom, not to mention your opportunities," Caitlin said, "Then I haven't missed anything.”
― Judy Blume, Summer Sisters

“Like my mother said, you can't go back to holding hands”
― Judy Blume, Forever

“The best books come from someplace deep inside.... Become emotionally involved. If you don't care about your characters, your readers won't either.”
― Judy Blume

“some changes happen deep down inside of you. And the truth is, only you know about them. Maybe that's the way it's supposed to be.”
― Judy Blume, Tiger Eyes

“Precious Child... nothing matters but the moment. There might be no tomorrow and even if there is, nobody gives a damn.”
― Judy Blume, Summer Sisters

“Believe in yourself and you can achieve greatness in your life.”
― Judy Blume

“I love you, Michael Wagner.”

“Forever?” he asked.

“Forever,” I said.”
― Judy Blume, Forever

“Each of us must confront our own fears, must come face to face with them. How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives. To experience adventure or to be limited by the fear of it.”
― Judy Blume, Tiger Eyes

“our finger prints dont fade from the lives we touch”
― Judy Blume

“Without peanut butter, I might starve.”
― Judy Blume

“Suddenly question number four popped into my mind. Have you thought about how this relationship will end?”
― Judy Blume, Forever

“Fear is often disguised as moral outrage.”
― Judy Blume

“Eat it or wear it”
― Judy Blume

“I can't let safety and security become the focus of my life.”
― Judy Blume, Tiger Eyes

“We must, we must, we must increase our bust.”
― Judy Blume, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

“I want you to know it was no big deal...those movies showing women screaming in labor are plain bullshit....there's nothing to it...you just push and push and finally the baby pops out...to tell you the truth I don't even rember that much about it except there was a very nice guy standing over me and every time a strong contraction started he gave me a whiff of gas...”
― Judy Blume, Forever

“Are you there God? It's me, Margaret.”
― Judy Blume, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

“She wondered if all the firsts in her life would go by so quickly, and be forgotten just as quickly.”
― Judy Blume, Summer Sisters

“Things change…things happen…things you can’t even imagine when you’re young and full of hope.”
― Judy Blume

“Little kids are amazing. They seem able to adjust to anything.”
― Judy Blume, Tiger Eyes

“Something will be offensive to someone in every book, so you've got to fight it.”
― Judy Blume

“As a kid, Vix had had some warped idea that grownup meant having a job and living on your own. It meant no one could tell you what to eat, or what to wear, or how to behave. It meant that it was okay to have sex with guys. What a joke!”
― Judy Blume

“We are friends for life. When we’re together the years fall away. Isn’t that what matters? To have someone who can remember with you? To have someone who remembers how far you’ve come?”
― Judy Blume

“What's the point of thinking about how it's going to end when it's just the beginning?”
― Judy Blume, Summer Sisters

“hi I hope u want to be my friends”
― Judy Blume, Doble Fudge = Double Fudge

“Caitlyn isn't someone to get over. She's someone to come to terms with, the way you have to come to terms with your parents, your siblings. You can't deny they ever happened. You can't deny you ever loved them, love them still, even if loving them causes you pain.”
― Judy Blume

“It's not so much that I like him as a person God, but as a boy he's very handsome.”
― Judy Blume, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

“Why are we acting as if we're angry. Are we angry?”
― Judy Blume, Summer Sisters

“Suppose there aren't any more A + days once you get to be twelve? Wouldn't that be something! To spend the rest of your life looking for an A + day and not finding it.”
― Judy Blume, It's Not the End of the World

“Censors never go after books unless kids already like them. I don’t even think they know to go after books until they know that children are interested in reading this book, therefore there must be something in it that’s wrong.”
― Judy Blume

“Keep busy, Sandy ... when you're busy you don't have time to brood ..."
"Life should be more than keeping busy."
"Maybe it should be, but for most of us, it's not.”
― Judy Blume, Wifey

“You think everything can be magically cured with vitamins?” “Everything but us.”
― Judy Blume, Summer Sisters