Princess in Pink Quotes

“Do not chase boys. Chasing boys is bad. Chasing boys can lead to horrible things like mansions going up into flames, hand amputations, and blindness. So have some self respect and don't let things get too far before the wedding day.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Pink

“I can command the Royal Genovian Air Force," Grandmère supposedly replied. "As well as the Royal Genovian Navy. But the one thing in the world I have no control over, Helen, is your womb. Now come along.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Pink

“How many times do I have to tell you, Amelia? Men are like little woodland creatures. You have to lure them to you with tiny breadcrumbs and soft words of encouragement. You cannot simply whip out a rock and conk them over the head with it.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Pink

“God made us sisters, but life made us friends.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Pink

“Because it is bad enough living with a neurotic cat, a drum-playing Algebra teacher, and a woman in her last trimester of pregnancy. Throw in a dowager princess of Genovia, and I’m sorry: Book me a room on the twenty-first floor of Bellevue, because it’s the funny farm for me.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Pink

“Helen Thermopolis: Frank, I’m pregnant. Mr. Gianini: Oh. Okay. What do you want to do? Helen Thermopolis: Marry you. Mr. Gianini: Okay. HELLO!!!!!!!!! Where is the romance in THAT???? “Frank, I’m pregnant, let’s get married.” “Okay.” AAAAACKKKK!!!! How about: Helen Thermopolis: Frank, the seed from your loins has sprung to fruition in my womb. Mr. Gianini: Helen, I have never heard such joyous news in all of my thirty-seven years. Will you do me the very great honor of becoming my bride, my soul mate, my life partner? Helen Thermopolis: Yes, my sweet protector. Mr. Gianini: My life! My hope! My love!(KISS)”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Pink

“I'd asked Dad for the millionth time if, now that I had a baby brother, I could stay in New York.........and Dad for the millionth time replied I had signed a contract and had to stick to it; when Michael said "Actually, sir, legally, minors can't enter into contracts, and so according to New York State law, you cannot hold Mia to any document she might have signed, as she was under sixteen at the time, making it invalid.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Pink

“My prom life is over. And so, I am afraid, is my life.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Pink

“to the Future: If Michael J. Fox doesn’t get his parents together by the prom, he might not ever be BORN!!!!!!!!! Proving the importance of the prom from both a societal as well as a BIOLOGICAL point of view!”
― Meg Cabot, The Princess Diaries 5: Prom Princess

“Instead of being wakened to the sound of birdsong, like princesses in books, I was wakened to the sound of Rommel shrieking as Fat Louie beat him senseless for getting into his bowl of Fancy Feast.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Pink

“That together, Mom and I would raise the most kickass, non-sexist, non-chauvinistic, Barbie-AND-Spider-Man loving, polite, funny, athletic (but not a dumb jock), sensitive (but not whiny), second-base-getting-to, non-toilet-seat-leaver-upper that there had ever been.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Pink

“Instead of being wakened by the sound of birdsong, like princesses in books, I was wakened by the sound of Rommel shrieking as Fat Louie beat him senseless for getting into his bowl of Fancy Feast.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Pink

“My grandma has sexier underwear than I do. This is fully disturbing. I will probably be in therapy for years because of it, too.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Pink

“I will get you both for leaving me alone with her all day today. I don’t know how, and I don’t know when. But when you least expect it. . . expect it.” Whoa, Mom. Have some more Pedialyte.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Pink

“That witch!” she keeps yelling—so loudly that I’m afraid any minute Mr. G is going to come busting in here, thinking we have Charmed turned up too loud.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Pink

“Why couldn’t I have gotten a cool disease, like Ebola?”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Pink

“I don’t even know why my mother is bothering with a midwife. She should just have me deliver the baby. I could so totally do it. All I’d need is, like, some scissors and a catcher’s mitt. Jeez.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Pink

“why can’t the administration cancel finals like they did in Harry Potter 2.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Pink

“Mia, is it true about Boris? Did he really try to kill himself during fifth period by stabbing himself in the chest with a protractor?—Tina Of course not. He tried to kill himself by dropping a globe on his head.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Pink

“I mean, geniuses are ALWAYS doing weird stuff like dropping globes on their heads.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Pink

“I would also hazard a guess from the unconcerned tone of that e-mail that the Drs. Moscovitz have not been paying visits to Michael’s room, telling HIM about birth control and the richness of the human sexual experience. Oh, no. That kind of thing always ends up being the girl’s problem. Even if your boyfriend, like mine, is a staunch supporter of women’s rights.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Pink

“In Korea, for instance, thirty percent of women in their twenties have had some form of plastic surgery, ranging from cheek-and-jawbone shaving to eye slicing and calf-muscle removal (for slimmer legs) in order to achieve a more Western look. This as opposed to 3 percent of women in the United States who have had plastic surgery for purely aesthetic purposes.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Pink

“Maybe I have PMS. Or maybe the weight of my newfound womanhood, seeing as how I’m fifteen now, is simply too much to bear.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Pink

“Why is your family so full of FREAKS?” Lana wants to know. You know what, Lana? That is a very good question.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Pink

“Suddenly Rommel, who’d been cornered by my dad over by the raw bar, darted into the busboy’s path, and the next thing everyone knew, lobster bisque was flying everywhere. Thankfully, most of it landed on Grandmère. The lobster bisque, I mean. She fully deserved to have her Chanel suit ruined on account of being stupid enough to bring her DOG to MY BIRTHDAY DINNER.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Pink

“I was so surprised, I nearly blurted out, “But Grandmère! You hate poor people!” because it’s true, she totally does.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Pink

“Say you love me too and then together we will rule.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Pink

“And of course a Tiffany’s charm bracelet with a charm that says Property of Michael Moscovitz on it that I could wear everywhere I go and so the next time some European prince asks me to dance at a ball I can hold up the bracelet and be all, “Sorry, can’t you read? I belong to Michael Moscovitz.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Pink

“Now that I am fifteen, it is time that I put away childish things, like the guy in the Bible, and begin to live my life as the adult that I am striving to become.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Pink

“When I asked her how Mr. G popped the question, my mom said he didn’t. She said the conversation went like this: Helen Thermopolis: Frank, I’m pregnant. Mr. Gianini: Oh. Okay. What do you want to do? Helen Thermopolis: Marry you. Mr. Gianini: Okay.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Pink