Top 150 Judy Blume Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Believe in yourself and you can achieve greatness in your life.”

— Judy Blume

2. “Librarians save lives by handing the right book at the right time to a kid in need.”

— Judy Blume

3. “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

4. “Do not let anyone discourage you. If they try: get determined, not depressed.”

— Judy Blume

5. “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

6. “Not everything has to have a point. Some things just are.”

— Judy Blume

7. “My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.”

— Judy Blume

8. “When you ask, Did writing change my life? It totally changed my life. It gave me my life.”

— Judy Blume

9. “Determination and hard work are as important as talent.”

— Judy Blume

10. “What’s the point of thinking about how it’s going to end when it’s just the beginning?”

— Judy Blume

11. “Nothing teaches you as much about writing dialogue as listening to it.”

— Judy Blume

12. “A person without curiosity may as well be dead.”

— Judy Blume

13. “We must, we must, we must increase our bust.”

— Judy Blume

14. “Roses are red Violets are blue I am your brother And you are mine, too.”

— Judy Blume

15. “Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me.”

— Judy Blume

16. “Concentrate on how good if feels to be alive. No matter what. Just to see the color of the sky, just to smell the air, and feel the wind in your face.”

— Judy Blume

17. “You’ve got to enjoy whatever you can and forget about the rest.”

— Judy Blume

18. “Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret. I’m going to temple today – with Grandma. It’s a holiday. I guess you know that. Well, my father thinks it’s a mistake and my mother thinks the whole idea is crazy, but I’m going anyway. I’m sure this will help me decide what to be. I’ve never been inside a temple or a church. I’ll look for you God.”

— Judy Blume

19. “I must – I must – I must increase my bust.”

— Judy Blume

20. “Without peanut butter, I might starve.”

— Judy Blume

21. “Eat it or wear it.”

— Judy Blume

22. “My insides still turn over when he looks at me that certain way.”

— Judy Blume

23. “Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won’t have as much censorship because we won’t have as much fear.”

— Judy Blume

24. “Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret. I just told my mother I want a bra. Please help me grow God. You know where.”

— Judy Blume

25. “Snoring keeps the monsters away.”

— Judy Blume

26. “I fell in love with books at the Elizabeth Public Library when I was four...”

— Judy Blume

27. “Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret. What would you think of me doing a project on religion? You wouldn’t mind, would you God? I’d tell you all about it. And I won’t make any decisions without asking you first. I think it’s time for me to decide what to be. I can’t go on being nothing forever, can I?”

— Judy Blume

28. “A library is where you meet fascinating characters you never forget.”

— Judy Blume

29. “The only thing that works with writing is that you care so passionately about it yourself, that you make someone else care passionately about it.”

— Judy Blume

30. “I’m an e-mail junkie though I’m trying to read my in-box only twice a day and to answer all at once.”

— Judy Blume

31. “My characters live inside my head for a long time before I actually start a book. They become so real to me, I talk about them at the dinner table as if they are real. Some people consider this weird. But my family understands.”

— Judy Blume

32. “Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret.”

— Judy Blume

33. “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?”

— Judy Blume

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

— Judy Blume

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

— Judy Blume

36. “There might be no tomorrow and even if there is, nobody gives a damn.”

— Judy Blume

37. “I am not scared of you, I am scare of these feelings.”

— Judy Blume

38. “Fear is often disguised as moral outrage.”

— Judy Blume

39. “But if you aren’t any religion, how are you going to know if you should join the Y or the Jewish Community Center?”

— Judy Blume

40. “I like one hair, tuna fish, the smell of rain and things that are pink. I hate pimples, baked potatoes, when my mother’s mad, and religious holidays.”

— Judy Blume

41. “My brother’s a pain. He won’t get out of bed In the morning. Mom has to carry him Into the kitchen. He opens his eyes.”

— Judy Blume

42. “Censors never go after books unless kids already like them. I don’t even think they know to go after books until they know that children are interested in reading this book, therefore there must be something in it that’s wrong.”

— Judy Blume

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43. “I loved to read, and I think any child who loves to read will read anything, including the back of the cereal box, which I did every morning.”

— Judy Blume

44. “How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives.”

— Judy Blume

45. “Suddenly question number four popped into my mind. Have you thought about how this relationship will end?”

— Judy Blume

46. “I thought how great it would be if we could trade in Fudge for a nice cocker spaniel.”

— Judy Blume

47. “Sometimes I feel grown up and other times I feel like a little kid. I seem to be more than one person.”

— Judy Blume

48. “When I’m writing a book, you can’t think about your audience. You’re going to be in big trouble if you think about it. You’re got to write from deep inside.”

— Judy Blume

49. “I wanted to write honest books for kids because I didn’t have those when I was a kid.”

— Judy Blume

50. “A good writer is always a people watcher.”

— Judy Blume