Jennifer L. Holm > Quotes

“Almost dying is awfully easy. It's the living that's hard.”
― Jennifer L. Holm

“My idea of Heaven has nothing to do with fluffy clouds or angels. In my Heaven there's butter pecan ice cream and swimming pools and baseball games. The Brooklyn Dodgers always win, and I have the best seat in the house, right behind the Dodger's dugout. That's the only advantage that I can see about being dead: You get the best seat in the house.”
― Jennifer Holm, Penny from Heaven

“Everyone things children are sweet as Necco Wafers, but I've lived long enough to know the truth: kids are rotten. The only difference between grown-ups and kids is that grown-ups go to jail for murder. Kids get away with it.”
― Jennifer L. Holm, Turtle in Paradise

“I'm a jellyfish glowing in the dark sea, bright and brilliant, just waiting to be discovered.”
― Jennifer L. Holm, The Fourteenth Goldfish

“Miss Hepplewhite looked pained.

"Miss Peck," she said at last, "a young lady should never, ever, under any circumstances whatsoever, run. Should you find yourself in a situation where you are at risk, it is always preferable to faint.”
― Jennifer L. Holm, Boston Jane: An Adventure

“Like me!" I said. "I have to work hard, too. Why, I haven't thrown manure in over two months!”
― Jennifer L. Holm, Boston Jane: An Adventure

“This, I thought, was true love. Someone who made you happy without saying a word.”
― Jennifer L. Holm, The Claim

“Papa always said you make your own luck.
And maybe you do.”
― Jennifer L. Holm, Boston Jane: An Adventure

“You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him discover it in himself. —Galileo Galilei”
― Jennifer L. Holm, The Fourteenth Goldfish

“What is it with folks always talking about where they’re from? You could grow up in a muddy ditch, but if it’s your muddy ditch, then it’s gotta be the swellest muddy ditch ever.”
― Jennifer L. Holm, Turtle in Paradise

“I think what you wear on Halloween is important. It says something about you--who you are and what you want to be. There's got to be a reason so many girls go around dressed as princesses and witches.”
― Jennifer L. Holm, The Fourteenth Goldfish

“Life is precious and we don't realize that at the time.”
― Jennifer L. Holm, The Fourteenth Goldfish

“It’s the cycle of life,” I say, remembering Starlily’s words. “Things need to move forward, not backward.”
― Jennifer L. Holm, The Fourteenth Goldfish

“Three Meatloaf Haikus

Oh yucky meatloaf
sitting under the hot lights
so gray and gristly.

Nothing tastes worse than
you, not cauliflower or
even lima beans.

And what is that weird
thing sticking out--a whisker?
hair? a rubber band?”
― Jennifer L. Holm, Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf: A Year Told Through Stuff

“Take the planarian flatworm. You can slice it in two and each part will grow into a new worm. The hydra, a freshwater creature, can actually regenerate body parts, and the sea anemone doesn’t appear to experience senescence at all.” I”
― Jennifer L. Holm, The Fourteenth Goldfish

“Mr.Clayton?
Didn't you see her ears?
You mean ears turning bright red means you're in love?
I don't know, he mumbles, and looks down, his ears are bright red.”
― Jennifer L. Holm, The Trouble with May Amelia

“He alone had the courage to do what was right.”
― Jennifer L. Holm, Super Amoeba

“There is a bright full moon, and boats in the harbor are lit up and dancing in the inky water.”
― Jennifer L. Holm, Our Only May Amelia

“-I thought u said u could swim like a fish
-A dead one!”
― Jennifer L. Holm, Turtle in Paradise

“I'd had no idea that cheese was a miracle.”
― Jennifer L. Holm, The Fourteenth Goldfish

“Delivery boys always look a little sketchy, like they're the kids the malls don't want to hire.”
― Jennifer L. Holm, The Fourteenth Goldfish

“The point of having a hypothesis is not to be right. It’s about the data. Sometimes the data takes you in a direction you never imagined, and you have an interesting result.”
― Jennifer L. Holm, The Third Mushroom

“Keer-ukso looked up at the sky in mock irritation. "No, do not ask me, best friend and busiess partner, if I want coffee?”
― Jennifer L. Holm, The Claim

“What is it with boys and fighting? I am amazed any of them get to be grown-ups the way they're always going at it.”
― Jennifer L Holm

“Is that a scalp?" I whispered to Mr. Swan.
Mr. Swan blinked. "A scalp?"
"Yes, a scalp. From some unfortunate pioneer."
"It's the sole of an old shoe," Mr. Russel grunted.
"I beg your pardon?"
Chief Toke fingered the leather.
"A shoe. He likes to carry it around. Used to be mine." Mr. Russel spit a wad of tobacco, and it barely missed my toe. It seemed that the loathsome habits of the States had been carried to the frontier.
"I see," I said, although I clearly did not.”
― Jennifer L. Holm, Boston Jane: An Adventure

“Keep your sunny side up”
― Jennifer L. Holm, Sunny Side Up

“I didn't think I would end up here."
"Me neither.”
― Jennifer L. Holm, Sunny Side Up

“we lied half as much as grown-ups do, we’d be in time-out forever.”
― Jennifer L. Holm, The Lion of Mars

“If the butter was bitter in the first place, why would Betty buy more? Wasn’t the second batch of butter likely to be bitter, too? Why didn’t Betty just return the first batch and buy margarine or olive oil? Or, butter yet (oops—better yet!), go to a different store?”
― Jennifer L. Holm, Curtain Call

“But May Amelia, Miss EcEwing says, Proper Young Ladies don't go gallivanting around the world on ships.
Well I sure ain't no Proper Young Lady Miss McEwing, you can ask any of my brothers here.
And every child starts laughing and Wilbert laughs so hard he falls off his chair.
Miss EcEwing tries to look serious, but finally her eyes crinkle merrily and she laughs too.”
― Jennifer L. Holm, Our Only May Amelia