Thumped Quotes

“Fortunately for me, I'm still evolving into the person I'm supposed to be. And though they don't know it yet, and may not come to accept it, I'm done living by their protocols or anyone else's.

I'm the only one who will take credit for my successes. And I'm the only one who will take the blame for my mistakes.

From now on, I live for me.”
― Megan McCafferty, Thumped

“Zen cuts straight through the Quidditch match in progress and almost gets taken down by a Beater hurling a Nerf quaffle right at his machopartes.”
― Megan McCafferty, Thumped

“All this girl-on-girl hate is exhausting. Sometimes I wish we could dose on testosterone, punch each other in the face, and get it over with already.”
― Megan McCafferty, Thumped

“I don't know if she's making the right choice, but it's not my choice to make. I promise to support her, whatever she decides. Because that's what sisters do.”
― Megan McCafferty, Thumped

“I do believe the shotguns helped them accept this reality sooner than they might have otherwise.”
― Megan McCafferty, Thumped

“I've been told my whole life that I've got all the power. But it's only now that I'm beginning to believe it. My days of selling junk food and perfume are over. If the world is going to listen to me, I better start saying things that are worth hearing.”
― Megan McCafferty, Thumped

“HOLY MOTHER. WAS THAT A FACE?”
― Megan McCafferty, Thumped

“I'm sitting in the bleachers, watching longingly as all the boys and umbumped girls in my Personal Health and Fitness class play Muggle Quidditch. I don't even like the game very much, I think it's silly, but I so miss physical activity that I'd be thrilled if I could run around the gymnasium with a broom between my legs, chasing after the human snitch wearing a gold pinny.”
― Megan McCafferty, Thumped

“But I can’t help myself. And there he is, larger than
life on the screen, looking every bit as tortured and handsome
as he did the last time he tried to contact me a few
weeks ago. (Harmony/Jondoe)”
― Megan McCafferty, Thumped

“Zen: 'I kinda went about it all wrong last night, didn't I?
Melody: 'Kinda? It was a total fustercluck.'

<actual word used>”
― Megan McCafferty, Thumped

“I pray that it will be different when they're our age. I pray for a cure to the Virus so they can choose not to share their bodies before they're ready. I pray that they will have the power to choose when and how they will marry, make love, make babies. And I pray that they will not be judged if they choose not to do those things in the "right" order....

My sister and I close our eyes. We dream of a better world. We imagine what we can - and will - do to make it possible.”
― Megan McCafferty, Thumped

“the birthrates aren’t falling any more drastically than our own. . . .” There’s some booing. And an angry voice in the crowd shouts, “Socialist!”
― Megan McCafferty, Thumped

“Please, please, please, I silently ask a God who should have stopped listening to me long ago.”
― Megan McCafferty, Thumped

“I’M SCURRYING AROUND THE HOUSE, TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT I should pack (cloth diapers, knitted booties, cotton jumpers?) and what I should leave behind (cloth diapers, knitted booties, cotton jumpers?) when I’m stopped in my tracks by the lowing and braying of the animals in the barn. Someone’s coming. Again.”
― Megan McCafferty, Thumped

“I’M SCURRYING AROUND THE HOUSE, TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT I should pack (cloth diapers, knitted booties, cotton jumpers?) and what I should leave behind (cloth diapers, knitted booties, cotton jumpers?) when I’m stopped in my tracks by the lowing and braying of the animals in the barn.”
― Megan McCafferty, Thumped

“It’s how my ma raised me, after all, to live in JOY: Jesus first, Others next, Yourself last.”
― Megan McCafferty, Thumped

“They love their God and they love their guns. They will shoot you first and pray for forgiveness later.”
― Megan McCafferty, Thumped

“He's as ambivalent about raising a family as I am, but he'll do it because I asked him to. And until now, I tried convincing myself that it was the praiseworthy decision.

But is it the right choice for the babies? For Ram?

For me?

But I'm not supposed to think about what's best for me, am I?”
― Megan McCafferty, Thumped