116 Quotes by Cecily von Ziegesar

My high school wasn’t a big public school; it was tiny. There were 36 girls in my graduating class. We were a big group of girls that by the time senior year came along couldn’t wait to get away from school fast enough but we loved each other. It’s really fun to see the girls at reunions now.

I’d never really babysat. I feel like I’m Blair, or ‘Gossip Girl.’ A teenager, basically – and now suddenly I’m a mom?

I tend to stare at people and memorize what they’re saying and how they say it.

Give a girl a boyfriend and she becomes a total expert on relationships.

I always resented books that tried to teach a lesson, where the characters are too good: They don’t swear, they tell their mothers everything.

Even now, I change my style and clothes from one day to the next, but during high school I blended in. I think a lot of people are that way. I guess that’s why I can write about an array of characters.

I know hate is a strong word and everything, but its okay: we’re teenagers.

Don’t ever let anyone tell you should be happy with what you have. There’s always more, and there’s no reason you shouldn’t have it all.

I remember, in my senior year, one of my teachers taking me aside and saying: ‘You look really tired.’ This was when I was being a bad kid and she knew that something was wrong.