What Janie Found Quotes

“But I found my family.
I found the right thing to do.
I found the way home.”
― Caroline B. Cooney, What Janie Found

“Stephen had just come from a class discussion in which several students believed that the right cup of herbal tea would save them from pain and sorrow. Well acquainted with pain and sorrow, Stephen did not contribute to the discussion. He merely crossed these idiots off his list of possible friends.”
― Caroline B. Cooney, What Janie Found

“You have a girlfriend?" said Brian. "You never told us."
"I'm not going to tell you now either. Don't tell Mom and Dad, don't tell Jodie, don't tell Bren."
"Why not?" said Brian. "Mom and Dad would be thrilled. Unless she's some disgusting skank leading you down a sick and twisted path.”
― Caroline B. Cooney, What Janie Found

“He felt blind and deaf, the way he did when he was close to a good idea but couldn't tap into it. He'd told Lizzie about that feeling once, and Lizzie had said, "That just means you aren't very smart, Reeve. Smart people have good ideas without having to be blind and deaf first.”
― Caroline Cooney, What Janie Found

“I guess even really annoying people can be right sometimes.”
― Caroline B. Cooney, What Janie Found

“He shrugged and sipped his root beer. It came in a bottle. He liked holding a bottle to his lips much more than a can. He was exhausted from worrying about everybody.”
― Caroline B. Cooney, What Janie Found

“The letter, crumpled in her purse, felt as large as any Rocky Mountain.”
― Caroline B. Cooney, What Janie Found

“The best thing about college was that you could wear anything anywhere.”
― Caroline B. Cooney, What Janie Found

“The only good things about his eighteenth year were the things he hadn’t done: He hadn’t murdered anybody or sold drugs.”
― Caroline B. Cooney, What Janie Found

“Stephen was shaped like a tire iron, all his bones a little too long:”
― Caroline B. Cooney, What Janie Found

“Everybody was outdoors. This was the walkingest place Brian had ever seen.”
― Caroline B. Cooney, What Janie Found

“I’ve had so much coffee I’m on the ceiling.”
― Caroline B. Cooney, What Janie Found

“Lord, it’s only been six months since the last time I was a total jerk, thought Reeve. Am I going to be a total jerk again?”
― Caroline B. Cooney, What Janie Found

“Brian and Lizzie were both really smart. Really quick. Plain basic types like Janie and Reeve could always get cornered.”
― Caroline B. Cooney, What Janie Found

“He pressed the icy glass against his cheek, literally trying to chill out.”
― Caroline B. Cooney, What Janie Found

“Stephen was holding his glass of tea so tightly it squeezed out the bottom of his grip like toothpaste and landed on the table.”
― Caroline B. Cooney, What Janie Found