Julianna Baggott > Quotes

“Sometimes the only way to fix a mistake- is to make it twice.”
― Julianna Baggott, Girl Talk

“Love is selfless, it is a weakness, a giving in, a constant falling.”
― Julianna Baggott, Girl Talk

“Beauty, you can find it here if you look hard enough.”
― Julianna Baggott, Pure

“Memories are like water.”
― Julianna Baggott, Pure

“And I knew that I loved him with more than a nod. I loved him with a rush of tenderness, a lion's share. (Is that ever enough?)
I wanted to survive. I had to. I never called.”
― Julianna Baggott, Which Brings Me to You

“She knows that whispers can be useful. Sometimes they contain real information. But usually they're fairy tales and lies. This is the worst kind of whisper, the kind that draws you in, gives you hope.”
― Julianna Baggott, Pure

“Even if their supplies of love are finite, they've figured out that life is, too, and they're no longer rationing.”
― Julianna Baggott, Which Brings Me to You

“Part of the post-apocalyptic, dystopian trend is that it seems to go hand in hand with young adult novels. Maybe that's because it's not simply the adults who are aware of the current crisis. Teens are the ones who are being told, again and again, that their futures are in jeopardy. The teen years can feel dystopian even in the best of times. But I don't think we realize how much pressure and feeling of doom we're passing down to our teens.”
― Julianna Baggott

“Finally she said, "When I grow up, I'm going to live out here. I'll probably be a Miss Somebody, too..."
Don't grow up," I told her. "It only gets more confusing.”
― Julianna Baggott, The Miss America Family : A Novel

“How do you know me?" she says.
He looks at her through his narrow eyes. "I was," he says.
"You were what?" she asks.
"I was," he says again. "And now I'm not.”
― Julianna Baggott

“Omission is a sin only if, in the process of deceiving, you forget the truth. Lying is a sin only if, in the process, the lie becomes the only truth.”
― Julianna Baggott, Girl Talk

“Wir sollten feiern, was wir feiern können.”
― Julianna Baggott, Pure