Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey Quotes

“But it’d be nice to have someone who cared about me, someone I could talk to
about anything, someone who’d tell me I was really special.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey

“It’s like I’d been walking a tightrope with a big safety net underneath me, but I never really thought about the net until someone took it away. And then every single step scared me to death.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey

“But, really, are there any guys out there who aren’t jerks? I don’t even know any grown-up men who aren’t jerks.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey

“But things are so bad, I feel like I’m going to explode if I don’t do something.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey

“I was there laughing and joking with everyone else, but it’s like there was some part of me
standing back, watching, thinking, “Is this as good as it gets?”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey

“At least one of the bills, the one for Mom’s credit card, kind of solved a mystery. Guess what? All those big presents Dad got us—even that dinner at Shoney’s—he put on Mom’s credit card. I bet he’s the one who took Mom’s “missing” Christmas money, too. What a nice guy, huh?

There were lots of other things on the bill, too—lots of bar tabs at the Alibi Inn that I know were Dad’s, not Mom’s, because Mom can’t drink more than one beer without falling asleep. And it looks like the card was maxxed out the day after Christmas. So Dad just left when he couldn’t use Mom’s card anymore. It wasn’t my fault at all.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey