Quotes by Janette Rallison

Madame Bellwings, Memoir Elf Coordinator, was not at all pleased with this request, because elves who write the memoirs of teenage girls have the habit of returning to the magical realm with atrocious grammar. They cant seem to shake the phrases watever and no way, and they insert the word like into so many sentences that the other elves start slapping them...and for no apparent reason occasionally call out the name Edward Cullen.

Charlotte: It’s too bad they don’t give out diplomas for what you learn at the mall, because I could graduate with honors in that subject. No really. Since I’ve worked there, I’ve become an expert on all things shopping-related. For example, I can tell you right off who to distrust at the mall:1) Skinny people who work at Cinnabon. I mean, if they’re not eating the stuff they sell, how good can it be?2) The salesladies at department store makeup counters. No matter what they tell you, buying all that lip gloss will not make you look like the pouty models in the store posters.3) And most importantly—my best friend’s boyfriend, Bryant, who showed up at the food court with a mysterious blonde draped on his arm.

Ive pursued dreams and achieved them, but I dont think anybody should think their life is incomplete if they dont follow some dream. Happiness doesnt come from achievements, or money, or any sort of treasure. Happiness is a frame of mind, not a destination. Its appreciating what youve got and building relationships with those around you.

You need to be more careful, or you could hurt yourself.Right. Thank you, Mrs. Detweiler. I never would have come to that conclusion by myself. I was planning on incorporating a backflip into my next walk across the classroom but on second thought...

Blackmailers never explain their thinking. Theyre like pirates that way. Dark-hearted, dangerous--- and cool like Johnny Depp.

Then he leaned over, right there in the restaurant parking lot, and kissed me. And it wasn’t a friendship kiss, either. It was tender and real, and utterly romantic.

Beauty has a persuasive power all its own.

Dont just read words, he would tell her as he held up the latest story, devour them. Let the words create new worlds.

You know, sometimes youve got to trust the people you love. Youve got to trust that if theyre good people, theyll make good decisions.

Don’t worry, though, because Prince Hubert is very handsome and kind. That’s all you wanted in a boyfriend, wasn’t it?”“No,” I said.She raised an eyebrow. “It must be. If you had admired any other qualities you would have developed them in yourself, wouldn’t you?”Which was really too much. I put my hands on my hips. “Aren’t fairy godmothers supposed to be nice and make you feel better about yourself?”She rolled her eyes. “No, you’re confusing fairy god- mothers with sales clerks.

Fairys side note: Even people who dont believe in magic really do.

Arent fairy godmothers supposed to be nice and make you feel better about yourself?...No, youre confusing fairy godmothers with sales clerks.

I bet you Cinderella didnt get along with Prince Charmings friends. Oh sure, the knights and barons probably put up with her on account that she was pretty and had such dainty feet and all, but you should know every duchess and contess in the kingdom hated her guts.

You can always tell how a man will treat his wife by the way he treats his mother.

Goose neck is a delicacy. You have to at least try it. In fancy restaurants people pay up to fifty dollars a plate for this stuff. And at our house we were force-fed it for free. Just another irony of life.

I dont care what you Yanks say, cheese should not whiz.

Guys can smell desperation. It triggers an instinct in them to run far and fast so they arent around when a woman starts peeling apart her heart. They know shell ask for help in putting it back together the right way - intact and beating correctly - and they dread the thought of puzzling over layers that they cant understand, let alone rebuild. Theyd rather just not get blood on their hands.But sharks are different. They smell the blood of desperation and circle in. They whisper into a girls ear, Ill make it better. Ill make you forget all about your pain.Sharks do this by eating your heart, but they never mention this beforehand. That is the thing about sharks.

...and her dreams that didnt happen, that couldnt have happened because shed pinned them on somebody too broken and unattainable to love her back.

Happy is entirely up to you and always has been.

I never said you were supposed to be a jailer, i only said a normal person would have questioned why someone would create a decoy nun and then crawl out the window.