76 Quotes & Sayings By Meg Cabot

You know your Lamborghini is on fire, right? Meg Cabot

This was very exciting. I'd never had two boys get into a fight over me before. The fact that one of the boys was my stepbrother, however, and held about as much romantic appeal for me as Max, the family dog, somewhat dampened my enthusiasm. And Michael wasn't much of a catch, either, when you actually thought about it, being a potential murderer and all. Oh, why did I have to have such a couple of losers fighting over me? Why couldn't Matt Damon and Ben Affleck fight over me? Now that would be truly excellent. Meg Cabot

However, because they have no actual interests of their own (or if they do, they squelch them in order to fit in) and merely pursue those that they think will look best on their college apps, they're zombies. Meg Cabot

Michael has never cried during a Broadway show. Except in that scene where Tarzan's ape father is brutally murdered. And that was only because he was laughing so hard. Meg Cabot

I loved you way before you ever had a chance to put a spell on me. I loved you at 'I've never been to Long Island, '" Zach said. I couldn't keep a big goofy grin from my face. I loved you at 'I like seals, '" I admitted. He grinned back. Meg Cabot

Also, I think I felt something come loose back there. I'm not trying to overreact or anything but I think it was my uterus. Honest. I think my uterus jiggled free. My uterus is just going to come out between my legs and I'm going to look like I'm walking around with an enormous load in my pants. Meg Cabot

I realized Michael was right. I mean, I am always writing in this journal. And I do compose a lot of poetry, and write a lot of notes and emails and stuff. I mean, I feel like I am always writing. I do it so much, I never even thought about it as a talent. It's just something I do all the time, like breathing. Meg Cabot

And I'm sure than in Poland, or somewhere, it is considered cool to drive a Porsche and wear necklaces and black silk, but at least back in Brooklyn if you did those things you were either a drug dealer or from New Jersey. Meg Cabot

It’s one thing to protect yourself, ” Dad yelled at me during our very next lunch. “That I get. Have I ever told you not to defend yourself? No. But did you have to permanently maim him? I spent all that money on that on that fancy school for girls-not to mention all that money for the shrinks-and what did that get me?” I shrugged. “A seven-figure civil suit? Meg Cabot

Who-who are you?" Seth asked, hesitantly." Wh-what do you want?" How else was was I supposed to reply? The words were out of my mouth before I could stop them. I mean, I'd only seen the movie like seventeen times. "I'm Luke Skywalker, " I said. "I'm here to rescue you. Meg Cabot

Sorry, Bex, " Jason said "You don't have the recognizable facial characteristics - such as a huge chin, or a large amount of real estate between the eyes - that would merit the bestowing of a criminal mastermind nickname such as Lockjaw or Walleye. Whereas Crazytop here..well, just look at her." "Atleast I can blow-dry my hair straight, " I pointed out. "Which is more than what I can say for your nose, Hawkface. Meg Cabot

And I like a good horror story as much as the next person so long as they kill off some men too and not just girls. But the voices Joan heard were real. There’s clear and substantiated proof they were real. She won battles that would otherwise have been lost because of what those voices told her in advance of them allowing the French generals to strategize in ways completely different than they did before Joan came along. People’s lives were saved because of what those voices told her. Meg Cabot

Cal: “Yesterday I was stuck in a car with you for eight hours.” Bastard. I didn’t even sing along with the radio. Much.Me: “Yeah. And?” Cal: “Something happened.” Me: “If you’re referring to my driving skills, may I just say I didn’t TOUCH that truck. What you felt was just the wind. We were going pretty fast. And there wasn’t even a scratch. I checked.” Every Boy's Got One . Meg Cabot

Cal: “I’m not presuming. I know exactly what you think about me. You think I’m an anal-retentive Armrest Nazi . an arrogant Modelizer. You can’t stand the way I talk, any of the subjects I choose to talk about, the imperious manner I order food in restaurants or tell cab drivers how much we owe them. You find my taste in women odious, the fact that I don’t own a television an unforgivable sin, and the fact that I would choose to write a book about Saudi Arabia completely unfathomable. And you’re also totally in love with me. If you weren’t you wouldn’t have pushed me into the pool earlier today when you saw Grazi walk in.” Every Boy's Got One . Meg Cabot

Because when you love something, you want to do it all the time, even if no one is paying you for it. At least that's how I felt about drawing. Meg Cabot

No man wants to marry, Finnula. There are just some women they can’t have any other way, and so it is a sacrifice willingly made in order to attain a particularly choice– Meg Cabot

Oh, that's just great. I come all the way back here, risking major brain cell burnout, and you don't even believe me? I'm basically guaranteeing myself a lifetime of heartbreak, and all you have to say is that you think I'm not right in the head? Meg Cabot

But Grandmère is just like all those other women who go around wanting the same rights as men, but don’t want to call themselves feminists. Because that isn’t “feminine. Meg Cabot

I think we're given multiple chances to meet multiple soulmates. Sure, you could meet a soulmate in highschool. But that doesn't mean if you don't act on it, you'll never meet anyone else. You will, just at a time that's more convenient for you. Meg Cabot

I just want to let you know that when I look into my future, I see nothing but you.” That’s what Chaz had whispered in my ear at some point during the wedding last night. Then he’d whispered. “And you’re not even wearing Spanx. Meg Cabot

And that's that as you get older, you lose things, things you don't necessarily want to lose. Meg Cabot

It was around then that the phone rang. It was my friend Cee Cee, wanting to know if I cared to join her and Adam McTavish at the Coffee Clutch to drink iced tea and talk bad about everyone we know. Meg Cabot

To achieve self actualization, do good things for other people that you would want to be done onto yourself Meg Cabot

It's kind of depressing, if you think about it. I mean, me being so young, and yet so cynical and suspicious. Meg Cabot

I love the Princess Diaries series! Do you? Meg Cabot

My mother's psychologist says I have an overactive anger switch, but people just keep pissing me off. Meg Cabot

I usually know almost exactly how I feel. The problem is, I just can't tell anyone. Meg Cabot

Oh my God, I am such a liar. And I can't even leave it at just one lie, either. Oh, no. I have to pile it on. I am sick, I tell you. Sick. Meg Cabot

...men aren't in touch with their emotions, and don't share enough [?] Meg Cabot

I did, ” Henric said, with a triumphant look.“ Oh, ” Meena said, opening the book to the page 74, the one from her dream. “You mean thisprince?” She pointed at the illustration of Lucifer.Henric’s grin faltered slightly. “Precisely.”“He’s not a prince, ” Meena said. “As you know perfectly well, he’s a fallen angel. And what was Lucien’s mother?”“ A p-princess, ” Henric stammered. But there was terror in his eyes.“ No, ” Lucien said, shaking his head. “She was an angel.” Meena swung around to look at him. Tears glittered in her eyes as she gazed up into his, whichhad gone back to their normal deep brown.“ Yes, Lucien, ” she said, holding the book open in front of him. “That’s why Henric was trying tokeep this from you. Because he realized it was the one thing that might help you remember what yourmother always taught you. You, of all people, really do have a choice. You can choose to be good .because you are part good. No matter how hard you try to be the devil’s son, you’ve still got an angel fora mother. Meg Cabot

Home. Wow. I’m already calling it home. Well, isn’t that what any place is? Any place that you share withsomeone you love, I mean? Meg Cabot

I opened the door and went inside, calling "I'm home! " Except that I wasn't, really. Because home meant something else to me now, and had for quite awhile. And he didn't live there anymore. Meg Cabot

In a way, I was incrediibly proud of her (not that I had any intention of letting it show while I was beating the crap out of her). Meg Cabot

The only way, I thought to myself, that this could get any weirder would be if it turns out he has that dead body's head on ice where in the basement, some ready for transplantation onto Cindy Crawford's body as soon as it becomes available. Meg Cabot

This, ” Alaric explained to Sarah in what he thought was a kindly voice, “isn’t love you’re feeling. Only dopamine. Because Felix isn’t like anyone else you know. Being a creature of the night, he’s new and exciting and activates a neurotransmitter in your brain that releases feelings of euphoria when you’re around him…especially because you know you can never actually be together, and he seems complicated, and perhaps even sensitive and vulnerable at times. But I can assure you: he’s anything but.”“ How dare you?” Sarah demanded hotly. “It isn’t dopa…whatever! It’s love! Love! . Meg Cabot

I felt as if the Milky Way, hovering above our heads like a celestial pitcher, had suddenly overturned, pouring suns and planets down my throat. Stars seemed to be shooting out of my finger and toes, the ends of my hair. Meg Cabot

But maybe kissing was enough. Maybe kissing was the only thing that mattered, anyway. Maybe kissing could overcome the whole vampire/basketball thing. Meg Cabot

Good bye AEHS. You suck. I hate you. And yet... Somehow I'll miss you too. Meg Cabot

Why does anyone commit murder?' he asked in a low voice.' I-' I blinked.' How should I know?'' Three reasons, ' Christopher said. He held up one finger. 'Love.' Another finger. 'Revenge.' And finally, a third finger. 'Profit... Meg Cabot

I was dead, and I hadn't even been able to attend my own funeral. Meg Cabot

Always be true to your friends, just as you are to yourself. Meg Cabot

Read and write all the time. Never stop sending out your stuff. If you're constantly writing and sending stuff out, eventually someone will bite. Meg Cabot

Which type of wedding gown best suits you? If you are lucky enough to be tall and slender, you can pretty much get away with any type or shape of gown. That is why models are tall and slender–anything looks good on them! Meg Cabot

We kissed all the way through the fireworks display. We didn’t even notice that there was a fireworks display… …I guess because we’d been making fireworks of our own. Meg Cabot

Loud ringing noises, I've discovered, upset Mr.Peepers. Meg Cabot

One of the biggest mistakes girls can make concerning their romantic life is sitting around waiting for their prince to find them, rather than getting out there and finding him themselves. Meg Cabot

Nikki "Brandon's never hurt anyone. He's competely sweet and adorable." I choked a little on the sip of sparkling water I'k just swallowed. If Brandon was sweet and adorable, I was Satan's bride. Meg Cabot

I thought if you wore that, no matter what face you saw every morning in the mirror, " he said in his deep voice, "you'll never forget who you really are." My eyes filling with tear, I held my hand out across the tabletop. He grasped my fingers, his grip strong and reassuring." As if I ever could, " I said, my voice clogged with emotion, "with you around to remind me. Meg Cabot

See, even though Jesse's a ghost, and can walk through walls and disappear and reappear at will, he's still..well, there. To me, anyway. That's what makes me-and Father Dom-different from everybody else. We not only can see and talk to ghosts, but we can feel them too-just as if they were anybody else. Anybody alive, I mean. Because to me and Father Dom, ghosts are just like anyone else, with blood and guts and sweat and bad breath and whatever. The only real difference is that they kind of have this glow around them-an aura, I think it's called. . Meg Cabot

If you give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day, but if you teach him to fish, he'll eat all the fish you might have caught for yourself.-- Advice of Paul Slater, the evil mediator, to Suze Meg Cabot

Forget about showering with my fellow students in Tribeca Alternative’s prison-style showers–one nozzle for four to six girls at a time–in the locker room. It was impossible to work up a sweat during what passed for physical education class at TAHS, so there was no need to shower, anyway. Well, impossible for me, considering that, in the past, whenever a volleyball or whatever came near me, I’d always make sure to step calmly away to avoid it. See? No sweat. No need for a shower. Problem solved. Meg Cabot

If the guy likes/loves you, he won't care if you are a good kisser or not. He should like you for what you are - not how you kiss. Meg Cabot

But I love him. You know it. You can't ask me to just sit back and let Paul do this. If he succeeds I won't even remember having met Jesse." "Right, " my dad said reasonably. "So it won't hurt." "It will, " I insisted, "It will hurt, Dad. Because deep down I'll know. I'll know there was someone… someone I was supposed to have met. Only I'll never meet him. I'll go through my whole life waiting for him to come along, only he never will. What kind of life is that, Dad, huh? What kind of life is that?. Meg Cabot

When something horrible happens, it's human nature to want to blame it on someone. We want someone to be held accountable, even though sometimes things just happen. Meg Cabot

I get accused all the time of having a bigmouth. But if you ask me, guys gossip way more than girls do. Meg Cabot

Save your rejections so that later when you are famous you can show them to people and laugh. Meg Cabot

I think if I hadn't been a writer, I'd have been a teacher like my dad. He was a college professor, and one of my greatest regrets is that he passed away before I was able to prove to him that I wasn't going to be stuck working at Rax Roast Beef for the rest of my life! Meg Cabot

My original inspiration was my mom: a few years after the death of my dad, she started dating one my teachers! Meg Cabot

I actually love writing for teens best. I had such an awful time in my own teen years - I love having the chance to relive them through my fiction. Meg Cabot

This is how many people become artists, musicians, writers, computer programmers, record-holding athletes, scientists... by spending time alone practicing what they love. Meg Cabot