359 Quotes by Judy Blume

What I worry about most is the loss to young people. If no one speaks out for them, if they don’t speak out for themselves, all they’ll get for required reading will be the most bland books available. And instead of finding the information they need at the library, instead of finding the novels that illuminate life, they will find only those materials to which nobody could possibly object.

What’s the point of thinking about how it’s going to end when it’s just the beginning?

When I was growing up, I dreamed about becoming a cowgirl, a detective, a spy, a great actress, or a ballerina. Not a dentist, like my father, or a homemaker, like my mother – and certainly not a writer, although I always loved to read.

It’s not so much that I like him as a person God, but as a boy he’s very handsome.

Roses are red Violets are blue I am your brother And you are mine, too.

I made promises to you that I’m not sure I can keep.

Concentrate on how good if feels to be alive. No matter what. Just to see the color of the sky, just to smell the air, and feel the wind in your face.

The best books come from someplace inside. You don’t write because you want to, but because you have to.

I’m an e-mail junkie though I’m trying to read my in-box only twice a day and to answer all at once.