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 L. Holm

“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

“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

“This, I thought, was true love. Someone who made you happy without saying a word.”

— Jennifer L. Holm

“Papa always said you make your own luck.
And maybe you do.”

— Jennifer L. Holm

“Like me!" I said. "I have to work hard, too. Why, I haven't thrown manure in over two months!”

— Jennifer L. Holm

He alone had the courage to do what was right.

— Jennifer L. Holm

“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

“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

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

“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