190 Quotes by Megan McCafferty

I'm sitting in the bleachers, watching longingly as all the boys and umbumped girls in my Personal Health and Fitness class play Muggle Quidditch. I don't even like the game very much, I think it's silly, but I so miss physical activity that I'd be thrilled if I could run around the gymnasium with a broom between my legs, chasing after the human snitch wearing a gold pinny.

Most of my friends from Columbia are going on to get advanced degrees. And why not? A Ph.D. is the new M.A., a master's is the new bachelor's, a B.A. is the new high school diploma, and a high school diploma is the new smiley-face sticker on your first-grade spelling test.

What is your definition of skank?' I ask.'A skank fucks skeezas she barely knows.

And for the first time all summer, The Mall was exactly where I wanted to be.

No, my scores didn’t reflect my superior intellect as much as they did my ability to memorize all the little tricks for acing the test. For me the SATs were a necessary annoyance, but not the big trauma that they are for most high-school students.

Bridget has vowed to never, ever date a celebrity (or quasi-celebrity) again.“Unless it’s, like, James Dean back from the dead,” she says.“Well, that’s sensible,” I say.

Bridget has vowed to never, ever date a celebrity (or quasi-celebrity) again.'Unless it’s, like, James Dean back from the dead,' she says.'Well, that’s sensible,' I say.

We're all people", he said simply. "It doesn't matter if you're two, thirty-two, or ninety-two. Everyone wants to be treated with respect. Everyone wants to feel like they matter in this world.

As much as I don't care about those things, I think it's human nature to not want to feel totally insignificant.