Top 300 Meg Cabot Quotes (2024 Update)
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301. “I did remember. Mr. Rector and Mr. Endicott had basically taken a beautiful island paradise and bulldozed it into an ugly subdivision, complete with tennis courts and a tiki bar.”

— Meg Cabot

302. “Why should women have to fit into child sizes in order to be considered desirable? That is both sick and depressing.”

— Meg Cabot

303. “A smile is your friend – and also your best weapon. Show a friendly face, and your enemy will be so charmed, he’ll never know what hit.”

— Meg Cabot

304. “I was an unhappy child, and that puts me off having a child of my own.”

— Meg Cabot

305. “No! It isn’t fair! Rachel is EVERYONE’S type! I mean, she’s attractive and athletic and well put together and successful and went to Yale and is making a difference in the world. What about ME? What about nice girls like me, who are just... well, nice? What about the nice girls? How are we supposed to compete with all of these competent, athletic, shower-taking girls, with their diplomas and their Palm Pilots and their teeny tiny butts?”

— Meg Cabot

306. “But Mom’s been depressed ever since her last boyfriend turned out to be a Republican.”

— Meg Cabot

307. “And if you write something that cheers someone up when they’re feeling down, doesn’t that change the world?”

— Meg Cabot

308. “There really was no advantage, that I could see, in having brothers: they chewed with their mouths open, and ate every single Poppin’ Fresh roll before I’d even had one.”

— Meg Cabot

309. “See, my special gift is that I’m a mediator. I help guide the tortured souls of the newly dead to their afterlife destinations-wherever that happens to be-generally by cleaning up whatever messes they left behind when the croaked.”

— Meg Cabot

310. “A lot of stuff, I’ve noticed, gets manipulated by writers when it’s shown on television – even so-called reality television – and makes us think we’re supposed to think and act and look certain ways, when the true reality is totally the opposite. Often there’s no “right way” to look or think or act, but because we’ve been so conditioned by the media to think so, we actually mistrust our own better judgment.”

— Meg Cabot

311. “Detention. That’s what you get at the Junipero Serra Mission Academy when you sucker punch your stepbrother on school grounds and a teacher happens to notice.”

— Meg Cabot

312. “It wasn’t just that Mr. Beaumont and his creepy staring was freaking me out. And it wasn’t that my dad’s warning was ringing in my ears. My mediator instincts were telling me to get out, now. And when my instincts tell me to do something, I usually obey. I have often found it beneficial to my health.”

— Meg Cabot

313. “I opened the door and went inside, calling “I’m home!” Except that I wasn’t, really. Because home meant something else to me now, and had for quite awhile. And he didn’t live there anymore.”

— Meg Cabot

314. “But there it was, the Pacific Ocean... huge, stretching almost as wide as the sky, a living, writhing thing, pushing up against a comma-shaped strip of white beach.”

— Meg Cabot

315. “Or there’s peer tutoring. Oh my god. I’m tutoring the cutest little second grader right now. I totally taught her how to stay within the lines with her eyeshadow.”

— Meg Cabot

316. “All those guys on the wrestling team, though – they scare me. And they’re so homophobic... well, you can’t help wondering about their sexual orientation, I mean they all think I’m gay, but you wouldn’t catch me in a pair of tights grabbing some other guys inner thigh.”

— Meg Cabot

317. “How many times do I have to tell you, Amelia? Men are like little woodland creatures. You have to lure them to you with tiny breadcrumbs and soft words of encouragement. You cannot simply whip out a rock and conk them over the head with it.”

— Meg Cabot

318. “Dirty dishwater is better than none.”

— Meg Cabot

319. “You know, there’s nothing wrong with admitting you’re depressed. Many, many people have suffered from depression. Having depression doesn’t mean you’re crazy, or a failure, or a bad person.”

— Meg Cabot

320. “Men enjoy the hunt, you see, and once their quarry has been taken, they tend to lose all interest.”

— Meg Cabot

321. “Get to the point, Dad. I have a country to run.”

— Meg Cabot

322. “It’s just that one thing I’ve learned from all of this is that we don’t have very much time here on Earth. So why waste it putting up with other people’s crap?”

— Meg Cabot

323. “Ostensibly female but lack of breast size lends to disturbing androgyny.”

— Meg Cabot

324. “But do I want his tongue on my mouth?”

— Meg Cabot

325. “Above his chest hung a set of barbells. I would not have liked to hazard a guess as to how much weight he was lifting, but allow me to assure you, with enough reps, I was quite sure he’d have no trouble heaving Debbie Mancuso out the window in the event of a fire. Which is all a girl really needs out of a boyfriend, if you ask me.”

— Meg Cabot

326. “The wonderful, amazing, but occasionally distasteful and sometimes even horrifying world where most people are incredibly decent and well meaning, but occasionally you do encounter someone who is going to try to use you, or even abuse you, and when that happens, there isn’t always going to be a bodyguard – or parent – around to rescue you.”

— Meg Cabot

327. “I don’t like movies where people’s heads spin around, or where things come bursting out of their stomachs. I like movies with beauty makeovers and dancing.”

— Meg Cabot

328. “Thanks a lot for inviting assorted randos from my past to my wedding reception, Father D. Who else can I expect to show up? If you say the Backstreet Boys, I won’t be held responsible for my actions.”

— Meg Cabot

329. “Instead of being wakened to the sound of birdsong, like princesses in books, I was wakened to the sound of Rommel shrieking as Fat Louie beat him senseless for getting into his bowl of Fancy Feast.”

— Meg Cabot

330. “But he’s wrong, because my dad definitely has testosterone – at least one testicle full –.”

— Meg Cabot

331. “My prom life is over. And so, I am afraid, is my life.”

— Meg Cabot

332. “It’s like I’ve struck a blow for dweebs everywhere, or something.”

— Meg Cabot

333. “Lots of people go through life not having the slightest idea what names to put in the blanks on their “Who Am I?” work sheets, and they aren’t bothered in the least by it.”

— Meg Cabot

334. “Because it is bad enough living with a neurotic cat, a drum-playing Algebra teacher, and a woman in her last trimester of pregnancy. Throw in a dowager princess of Genovia, and I’m sorry: Book me a room on the twenty-first floor of Bellevue, because it’s the funny farm for me.”

— Meg Cabot

335. “Still, when someone who is mistreated in their home travels very far and under horrible conditions to get to yours, shouldn’t you at least offer them shelter and something to eat and drink until they sort things out? It seems like common courtesy to me.”

— Meg Cabot

336. “Maybe that’s my secret talent. I have the amazing ability to resemble a snowdrop. My parents must be so proud.”

— Meg Cabot

337. “We’d be the Joystick Order. Out motto would be High Score for One, Pizza for All.”

— Meg Cabot

338. “Because when it comes to our men, we Renaldo women don’t mess around. We play for keeps. And we have the battle scars to prove it.”

— Meg Cabot

339. “Dr. and Dr. Moscovitz seemed kind of surprised when all ten of us – twelve, if you count Lars and Wahim – showed up at their door. They were especially surprised to see Michael; they hadn’t realized he’d left his room.”

— Meg Cabot

340. “Honestly, what good is owning a castle if the person you love doesn’t want to share it with you?”

— Meg Cabot

341. “Oh, Michael, soon we’ll be parkin’ in front of Grand Moff Tarkin Enjoying veggie moo shu to the beeps of R2-D2 And maybe even holding hands while gazing upon the Tatooine sands And knowing that our love by far has more fire power than the Death Star And though they may blow up our planet and kill every creature living on it Like Leia and Han, in the stars above, they can never destroy our love – Like the Millennium Falcon in hyperdrive our love will continue to thrive and thrive.”

— Meg Cabot