The Block Party Quotes

“And to think we women fought so long and hard for the right to make our lives miserable.”
― Jamie Day, The Block Party

“Revenge might seem like a good idea,” I say, “but everyone gets hurt in the end.”
― Jamie Day, The Block Party

“but I guess we’re all just one secret away from feeling like an outsider.”
― Jamie Day, The Block Party

“Guys who bully tend to punch or shove, but girls are far more insidious. They're emotional ninjas, delivering stealth wounds you don't see or feel until you're already bleeding out and near social death" -Lettie”
― Jamie Day, The Block Party

“That’s life here on Alton Road for you—plenty of surprises and a rainbow of emotions.”
― Jamie Day, The Block Party

“Guys who bully tend to punch or shove, but girls are far more insidious. They’re emotional ninjas, delivering stealth wounds you don’t see or feel until you’re already bleeding out and near social death.”
― Jamie Day, The Block Party

“How much heartache could have been lessened, lives saved, if people owned up to their hard truths?”
― Jamie Day, The Block Party

“Girl friendships held more drama than a Shakespeare festival.”
― Jamie Day, The Block Party

“Oh well. Woman plans, God laughs.”
― Jamie Day, The Block Party

“already”
― Jamie Day, The Block Party

“Cheers to multinational corporations and uncaring, myopic, self-serving politicians.”
― Jamie Day, The Block Party

“I guess when it comes down to it, we want to believe people are better than they are,” Alex said. “We cling to our hope for redemption—for change, growth, that sort of thing.”
― Jamie Day, The Block Party

“At best, dress codes violate my freedom of speech. At worst, they teach girls to cover up so we’re not a distraction. Someone has to take a stand for what’s right.”
― Jamie Day, The Block Party

“Out came the breath she didn’t realize she’d been holding.”
― Jamie Day, The Block Party

“Guys who bully tend to punch or shove, but girls are far more insidious. They’re emotional ninjas, delivering stealth wounds you don’t see or feel until you’re already bleeding out and near social death.”
― Jamie Day, The Block Party

“if everyone threw their problems up in the air, people would race to catch their own.”
― Jamie Day, The Block Party

“Think and Grow Rich, The Psychology of Persuasion, The Art of War, and How to Win Friends & Influence People.”
― Jamie Day, The Block Party

“I’m pretty selfish with my expensive whisky,”
― Jamie Day, The Block Party

“Willow buries her face in her hands. 'How'd everything get this screwed up?' she asks in a muffled voice.
I want to say: Because we were born and life seems to go awry no matter what we do.

[Lettie Fox]”
― Jamie Day, The Block Party

“My mom is fond of saying that if everyone threw their problems up in the air, people would race to catch their own.
[Lettie Fox]”
― Jamie Day, The Block Party