Barbara Dee > Quotes

“How do you know if you like someone because you really do like that person, or if you like him only because you think you’re supposed to?”
― Barbara Dee, Star-Crossed

“First rule of self-defense is: Don't ask your attacker for validation.”
― Barbara Dee, Maybe He Just Likes You

“I just meant this stuff with me is different. And I definitely wouldn't call it regular bullying."
"So what would you call it, then?"
I opened my mouth to answer.
But I didn't have any words.
Because all the words I could think of—bullying, teasing, flirting—seemed too simple, too small, to hold all the hurt I was feeling.”
― Barbara Dee, Maybe He Just Likes You

“First rule of self-defense is: Don’t ask your attacker for validation. Never apologize for sticking up for yourself.”
― Barbara Dee, Maybe He Just Likes You

“Okay, Mattie. I said okay.” All of a sudden, she threw her arms around me and squeezed. “We won’t talk about it if you don’t want to.”
― Barbara Dee, Star-Crossed

“All I could think about was Gemma kissing Liam, Liam kissing Gemma—and wondering why that image made my insides knot up.”
― Barbara Dee, Star-Crossed

“AAARGH, I thought. No wonder Romeo and Juliet couldn’t talk to their parents. They were crazy, all of them.”
― Barbara Dee, Star-Crossed

“Shut up,”
― Barbara Dee, Truth or Dare

“invaded”
― Barbara Dee, Maybe He Just Likes You

“Everything in the world is part of nature. All the creatures, even the weird ones, are just figuring out how to grow, how to change. How to survive. And maybe they need some help, but if they do, that's okay. I think they'll be okay.”
― Barbara Dee, My Life in the Fish Tank

“Love was choosing to take care of someone---not just family, but friends, too.”
― Barbara Dee, Everything I Know About You

“You got judged one day at the very beginning, and that was it forever. Nothing you could do to change anyone’s opinion.”
― Barbara Dee, Violets Are Blue

“Anyhow, one thing I’ve learned this past year is that we’re all responsible for our own hearts. If someone does break ours—and I doubt you’ve actually broken this boy’s—it’s up to us to figure out a way forward.”
― Barbara Dee, Violets Are Blue

“Remember, you don't write to win a trophy. You write because you love to, and because there's a story you want to tell. That's the prize you give yourself, and it's the only one that matters.”
― Barbara Dee, Unstuck

“What I’m about—what I’m all about—is revealing something true. Something deep inside, that maybe you didn’t even know existed. But that you need to share with the world.”
― Barbara Dee, Violets Are Blue

“I thought your writing was going better lately. So why are you forcing yourself to write something different? I mean besides your story, which is what you really want to write. What you need to write. Isn't that what you keep telling me?”
― Barbara Dee, Unstuck

“Maybe you picked up stuff from your mom without even knowing it.”
― Barbara Dee, Everything I Know About You

“People heal, sweetheart. We feel things, and then feelings change. People change. All the time.”
― Barbara Dee, Violets Are Blue

“My eyes had actual tears, and I thought: It’s like this play is happening TO me. Inside me. I wanted to own it. I wanted to eat it, as”
― Barbara Dee, Star-Crossed

“Ren, it’s really important to share your feelings, you know? Because if you don’t, they have a way of coming back to bite you in the butt.”
― Barbara Dee, Violets Are Blue

“I guess if you're a superstar like Dahlia, people expect you to win every contest, get perfect grades, go to a fancy college, even if that's not who you really are. Maybe if you're Journey, people expect you to have no friends, so then, abracadabra, you don't.
What would it be like if people didn't expect stuff, didn't assign words like 'superstars' or 'weirdos?' 'Jocks' and 'brains' also.
Vanguards and Scribes, too, actually.
Words that get you stuck, and decide your fate forever. Unless someone rescues you. Or you escape.”
― Barbara Dee, Unstuck

“parent?”
― Barbara Dee, Trauma Queen

“How about this—Romeo, you lean in several times as if you want to kiss Juliet, but Juliet, you always pull back. Can”
― Barbara Dee, Star-Crossed

“What made a crush “obvious” to other people? Was it when someone noticed your drawing, and remembered it for months afterward? Or kept talking to you, but always with a bunch of awkward silences? Or wouldn’t stop blushing? Or invited you to Comic Con?”
― Barbara Dee, Violets Are Blue

“But Cat FX said you had to improvise sometimes. And even when you didn’t, even when all you had to do was follow directions, sometimes a step was missing. A secret ingredient. And you had to do the best you could with what you had.”
― Barbara Dee, Violets Are Blue