359 Quotes by Judy Blume

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    In this age of censorship I mourn the loss of books that will never be written, I mourn the voices that will be silenced – writers’ voices, teachers’ voices, students’ voices – all because of fear. How many have resorted to self-censorship? How many are saying to themselves, “Nope... can’t write about that. Can’t teach that book. Can’t have that book in our collection. Can’t let my student write that editorial in the school paper.

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    As long as she loves me and I love her, what difference does religion make?

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    When I started to write, it was the ’70s, and throughout that decade, we didn’t have any problems with book challenges or censorship.

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    Like my mother said, you can’t go back to holding hands.

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    I meet people on the street or at book signings and they tend to treat me as if they know me, as if we’re connected. It’s great.

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    There’s a lot of stuff you know and you don’t even know how you know it!

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    Life is a series of unlikely events, isn’t it? Hers certainly is. One unlikely event after another, adding up to a rich, complicated whole. And who knows what’s still to come?

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    Something will be offensive to someone in every book, so you’ve got to fight it.

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