Princess in Training Quotes

“The fact is, I love him. He's the boy I want and one day he'll be MINE.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Training

“Survivor: Lilly: A sickening attempt by the media to draw viewers by pandering to the lowest common denominator and appealing to the public’s enjoyment of watching others being exploited and humiliated. 0/10 Mia: Yeah. And who wants to watch people eat bugs? Ew!!!! 0/10”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Training

“Seriously, who else but ME would get their school debate aired on CNN?”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Training

“I would not want to be on the wrong side of Lilly—much less Grandmère—in a fight.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Training

“OH, MY GOD. I’M THE NEW STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT OF ALBERT EINSTEIN HIGH.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Training

“Yes. My grandmother brought her DOG to my debate.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Training

“Just trust me. I’m going to lose.
You aren’t. I have a secret weapon.
YOU’RE GOING TO SHOOT HER?????”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Training

“Although, I highly doubt that Lana has ever once in her life thought about what’s going on UNDER the ocean. She only cares about what’s going on ON TOP of the water. As in, how she looks in a bikini.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Training

“THIS is what Grandmère busted in here to show me? THIS is how she tries to cheer me up? By having me pick up some dead saint’s petrified HEART????”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Training

“If I were a cartoon character, I’m sure I would have none of the problems I am having right now. And even if I did, they would all be solved by the end of the episode.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Training

“You must stop bottling things up inside,” she said. “I know you like to write a lot in your diary—yes, I saw you—and that’s great. But you’ve got to VERBALIZE your feelings as well. Especially if you’re angry or upset with someone. The more you keep it buried inside, the more something like what happened today is going to happen. I know princesses are told to keep a stiff upper lip and all of that, but the truth is, if anyone shouldn’t be letting things get backed up, it’s you. Do you understand me?”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Training

“Hello. It’s the Ivy League. No one is having sex there. Believe me. Did you SEE those girls the day we went to help him move in? Um, hello, it’s called shampoo. Try some.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Training

“Maybe Becca is right. Maybe I should take up yoga. Except that I tried it that one time with Lilly and her mom at the 92nd Street Y, and they made you stick your butt up in the air the whole time. How is sticking your butt up into the air supposed to make you feel less stressed? It just made me feel MORE stressed, because I kept wondering what everyone was thinking about my butt.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Training

“Et tu, Lilly?”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Training

“I wonder if there’s a disorder in Yahoo! Health for whatever it is that’s wrong with my best friend.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Training

“Oh. Hi, Tina. No. Just…well, you wouldn’t be willing to get your bodyguard to shoot me, would you? Because I’d really appreciate it.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Training

“There isn’t anything more stressful than being a fifteen-year-old, with the possible exception of being a fifteen-year-old princess.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Training

“This made me feel bad. Like my mom’s been talking about me behind my back. I mean, I talk about HER behind HER back, of course. But it’s different when your own mother has been talking about YOU.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Training

“But that was before an audience of old men. Here I want you to pretend to be addressing an audience of your peers. Picture them sitting before you, in their ridiculous baggy jeans and backward baseball caps.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Training

“So, essentially, it doesn’t even matter what kind of grade I end up getting in Geometry, since we’re all going to die anyway?”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Training

“My life is a constant roller coaster…joy followed by crushing disappointments, with occasional patches where nothing at all happens and I just admire the scenery.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Training

“Just like Dean married that other girl on Gilmore Girls!”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Training

“WENDELL???? The man my mom gave the precious flower of her virginity to was named WENDELL???? I seriously would NOT have sex with someone named Wendell.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Training

“I keep antibacterial wipes around for this very reason. To wipe Grandmère’s kisses off Rocky, I mean. There is no telling where Grandmère’s lips have been on any given day.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Training

“And that was that. I’m running for student council president. Against Lana Weinberger. My life is over.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Training

“Lilly stands up, and out of her mouth come the words, “I’m not nominating myself this year. I NOMINATE MIA THERMOPOLIS!!!”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Training

“And obviously I can’t say a word to Dad, because he would just arrange to have Michael assassinated by the Royal Genovian Guard.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Training

“Mysteries are okay in books, but in real life, they kind of suck.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Training

“Sometimes it actually doesn’t hurt to have a six-foot-five-inch Swedish bodyguard sitting behind you.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Training

“even his VOICE has changed. It’s sort of deeper now, like that kid’s who plays Harry Potter in the movies.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess in Training