Prom Quotes

“Grandma frowned and yelled something in Russian. She could have been saying, 'Open up, your best friend is here.' On the other hand, it could have been, 'America is a great country because of canned ravioli.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Prom

“They mean hot like 'I'm too good for you I got my own money don't be frontin' me.' You're more like 'Be my boyfriend I'll make you cookies come meet my dad ' know what I mean”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Prom

“God did not intend for Irish kids to play in the sun, according to my mother.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Prom

“It was a prom dress.It was pink.It was originally seventy percent off,but Ma got it down to eighty-five percent off by screaming "My water broke!" while we were checking out”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Prom