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Caroline B. Cooney quotes

American Writer May 10, 1947

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I wonder why we always deny love. I remember in middle school, if you were accused of the crime of loving, you screamed denials constantly and stopped ever even looking at the boy you were accused of liking. The boys could destroy each other by yodeling, "An-drew lo-oves Jen-nie," and both Andrew and Jennie would flinch and blush. Love is this great thing that most songs and books and poems and lives are all about. So the minute we actually think there might be love around, we start laughing... Caroline B. Cooney
Caroline B. Cooney quote: "I love all of it, thinking up the plots, getting to know the..."
I love all of it, thinking up the plots, getting to know the kids in the story, their parents, backyards, pizza toppings. Caroline B. Cooney
Caroline B. Cooney quote: "I love writing and do not know why it is considered such a..."
I love writing and do not know why it is considered such a difficult, agonizing profession. Caroline B. Cooney
If you write a story based on a real person, you're trapped by the details of the real person and his life. It gets in the way of writing your own story. Caroline B. Cooney
People nearly always believe, and are willing to back it up with weapons and cruelty, that their religion and way of life is better than the other person's. Caroline B. Cooney
Stephen had just come from a class discussion in which several students believed that the right cup of herbal tea would save them from pain and sorrow. Well acquainted with pain and sorrow, Stephen did not contribute to the discussion. He merely crossed these idiots off his list of possible friends. Caroline B. Cooney
Caroline B. Cooney quote: "But I found my family. I found the right thing to do. I found..."
But I found my family. I found the right thing to do. I found the way home. Caroline B. Cooney
Caroline B. Cooney quote: "I approach serious subjects, and I like to have the good guys..."
I approach serious subjects, and I like to have the good guys win and have the parents among the good guys. Caroline B. Cooney
You have a girlfriend?" said Brian. "You never told us." "I'm not going to tell you now either. Don't tell Mom and Dad, don't tell Jodie, don't tell Bren." "Why not?" said Brian. "Mom and Dad would be thrilled. Unless she's some disgusting skank leading you down a sick and twisted path. Caroline B. Cooney
He felt blind and deaf, the way he did when he was close to a good idea but couldn't tap into it. He'd told Lizzie about that feeling once, and Lizzie had said, "That just means you aren't very smart, Reeve. Smart people have good ideas without having to be blind and deaf first. Caroline B. Cooney
She had gradually changed her name. "Jane" was too dull. Last year, she'd added a "y", becoming Jayne, which had more personality. Caroline B. Cooney
I actually thought you would be kind," said the vampire."Go away!" screamed Devnee. He did not answer."I didn't have to be kind," Devnee told him. "Victoria was kind for me."He laughed."No one can be kind for you, my dear," said the vampire. "But I don't mind, of course. I have you now. There's no escape, my dear. You and I, Devnee Fountain, are a team. Caroline B. Cooney
Caroline B. Cooney quote: "I decided to write short stories because they got rejected..."
I decided to write short stories because they got rejected quicker. Caroline B. Cooney
Caroline B. Cooney quote: "wanted is a good action book"
wanted is a good action book Caroline B. Cooney
Caroline B. Cooney quote: "People think they own time. They have watches and clocks and..."
People think they own time. They have watches and clocks and digital pulses. But they are wrong. Time owns them. Caroline B. Cooney

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