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Judy Blume Quotes

Total quotes: 25
“That’s not a bad word. ‘Hate’ and ‘war’ are bad words. ‘Fuck’ isn’t.”
— Judy Blume, Forever . . . (Richard Jackson Book)
Tagged: bad words, profanities, Fuck, Hate, War
“‘Forever?’ he asked. ‘Forever,’ I said.”
— Judy Blume, Forever . . . (Richard Jackson Book)
Tagged: promises, Forever
“I still get angry when older people assume that everyone in my generation, screws around. They’re probably the same ones who think all kids use dope. It’s true that we are more open than our parents but that just means we accept sex and talk about it. It doesn’t mean we are all jumping into bed together.”
— Judy Blume, Forever . . . (Richard Jackson Book)
Tagged: Generation Gap, Dope, Sex, Promiscuity
“It’s strange, but when it comes right down to it I never do fall apart—even when I’m sure I will.”
— Judy Blume, Forever . . . (Richard Jackson Book)
Tagged: keeping it together, Sanity, Falling Apart
“Like my mother said, you can’t go back to holding hands.”
— Judy Blume, Forever . . . (Richard Jackson Book)
Tagged: Holding Hands, Point of No Return
“It’s not so much that I like him as a person, God, but as a boy he’s very handsome.”
— Judy Blume, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Tagged: prayer, crushes, Handsome
“We are friends for life. When we’re together the years fall away. Isn’t that what matters? To have someone who can remember with you? To have someone who remembers how far you’ve come?”
— Judy Blume, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Tagged: Friends, BFFs
“Each of us must confront our own fears, must come face to face with them. How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives. To experience adventure or to be limited by the fear of it.”
— Judy Blume, Tiger Eyes
Tagged: fears, Confrontation
“I can’t let safety and security become the focus of my life.”
— Judy Blume, Tiger Eyes
Tagged: Safety, Security
“She wondered if all the firsts in her life would go by so quickly, and be forgotten just as quickly. ”
— Judy Blume, Summer Sisters: A Novel
Tagged: Firsts, Forgotten
“What’s the point of thinking about how it’s going to end when it’s just the beginning?”
— Judy Blume, Summer Sisters: A Novel
Tagged: End, Beginning
“Things change…things happen…things you can’t even imagine when you’re young and full of hope.”
— Judy Blume, Summer Sisters: A Novel
Tagged: Change, young, Hope
“Not everything has to have a point. Some things just are.”
— Judy Blume, Summer Sisters: A Novel
Tagged: meaningless
“A person without curiosity may as well be dead.”
— Judy Blume, Summer Sisters: A Novel
Tagged: Curiosity
“I am not scared of you. I am scared of these feelings.”
— Judy Blume, Summer Sisters: A Novel
Tagged: Fear, Feelings
“‘If being in love means giving up your freedom, not to mention your opportunities,’ Caitlin said, ‘then I haven’t missed anything.’”
— Judy Blume, Summer Sisters: A Novel
Tagged: Love, Freedom
“You can’t deny they ever happened. You can’t deny you ever loved them—love them still—even if loving them causes you pain.”
— Judy Blume, Summer Sisters: A Novel
Tagged: Denial, Love, Pain
“Precious Child…nothing matters but the moment. There might be no tomorrow and even if there is, nobody gives a damn.”
— Judy Blume, Summer Sisters: A Novel
Tagged: nothing really matters
“Anything could go wrong any day of the week. What’s the point of worrying in advance?”
— Judy Blume, In the Unlikely Event
Tagged: Worrying, Stress, H4D-39
“Some changes happen deep down inside of you. And the truth is, only you know about them. Maybe that’s the way it’s supposed to be.”
— Judy Blume, Tiger Eyes
Tagged: Change, Self-improvement
“That's not a bad word...hate and war are bad words, but fuck isn't.”
— Judy Blume, Forever
Tagged: bad word, hate and war, bad words, Hate, War, Fuck, fuck isn't a bad word
“My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.”
— Judy Blume, Judy Blume
Tagged: Advice, Listen, Awareness, Seek Help
“Sex is a commitment...Once you're there you can't go back to holding hands...and when you give yourself both mentally and physically...well, you're completely vulnerable.”
— Judy Blume
Tagged: Sex, Sex Is..., Judy Blume
“I wanted to tell him that I will never be sorry for loving him. That in a way I still do - that maybe I always will. I'll never regret one single thing we did together because what we had was very special. Maybe if we were ten years older it would have worked out differently. Maybe. I think it's just that I'm not ready for forever.”
— Judy Blume, Forever . . . (Richard Jackson Book)
Tagged: Banned Books
“Why are mothers always right about those things?”
— Judy Blume, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
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