Charise Mericle Harper > Quotes

“Even though friends say they are interested in your life, they never really want to talk about you as much as you want them to. (68)”
― Charise Mericle Harper, Flashcards of My Life

“You might think that a boy is just your friend, but then if you find out that maybe he likes you (in a boyfriend way), everything changes instantly. (47)”
― Charise Mericle Harper, Flashcards of My Life

“Sometimes when you're upset it's so easy to forget what's real and go for what makes you feel better. (131)”
― Charise Mericle Harper, Flashcards of My Life

“My power is that I can always tell when someone is unhappy, even if that person is pretending to be happy and is a really good actor. The bad thing about my power is that I always try to do something to make the sad person feel better—even if I should probably leave it alone and not do anything at all. Dad says that feeling people's sadness is called empathy and it's a superpower because of the "having to do something to help them feel better" part. A superhero has to help people in trouble. She can't just change into a regular I’m-not-going-to-do-anything-to help-someone-else type of person even if she wanted to.”
― Charise Mericle Harper, Just Grace

“I don't like it when the inside parts of you don't match up with what the brain part of you thinks. If there were a medicine to make this go away I would take it, even if it was cherry flavor, which tastes terrible and is not my favorite.”
― Charise Mericle Harper, Just Grace

“I CAN’T WAIT TO GO TO SCHOOL. THIS WILL PROBABLY BE A ONE-TIME-ONLY FEELING.”
― Charise Mericle Harper, Just Grace, Star on Stage

“For sure they didn't share sips from the same cup, give each other cheer-up hugs, or swear to keep real important things secret, which are all things that are done by a real 100 percent for real friend.”
― Charise Mericle Harper, Just Grace

“Ostriches like shiny things like coins and eyeballs.”
― Charise Mericle Harper, Just Grace

“You Hear Some Strange Noises Out Your Window You Should Probably Look And See What It Is”
― Charise Mericle Harper, Just Grace

“ she has big ears like a monkey , she can probably hear really good!”
― Charise Mericle Harper

“My other boy thing is that I sort of have a teeny tiny superpower. It’s not a jump-over-buildings, see-through-people’s-clothes, or lift-a-train-over-my-head one, which is good, because when you can do those kinds of things you probably have to live in a secret hideout instead of at home with your mom and dad. And I really like my room….”
― Charise Mericle Harper, Just Grace

“need”
― Charise Mericle Harper, Just Grace Walks the Dog: A Chapter Book About Convincing Parents for Children (Ages 6-9)

“accident.”
― Charise Mericle Harper, Just Grace Walks the Dog: A Chapter Book About Convincing Parents for Children (Ages 6-9)

“the kind of boy who would be excited about things exploding. Gwen”
― Charise Mericle Harper, Just Grace Goes Green

“already told you, we’re not going bug hunting. It’s a party, and Grace is like me—she won’t have time to look for beetles.”
― Charise Mericle Harper, Just Grace and the Super Sleepover: A Funny Chapter Book About Third Grade Friendship and Sleepovers for Kids (Ages 6-9)

“A boy who knits, and an underpants picnic! Could this day get any weirder? I shook my head. No, definitely not.”
― Charise Mericle Harper, Alien Encounter: Sasquatch and Aliens

“coincidences.”
― Charise Mericle Harper, Still Just Grace: A Funny Book About Third-Grade Friends and Drama for Children (Ages 6-9)

“Mr. Frank. I want to be called Grace or Grace S., please,” Miss Lois said, “Now”
― Charise Mericle Harper, Still Just Grace: A Funny Book About Third-Grade Friends and Drama for Children (Ages 6-9)

“head would get big and smoke would come out of her”
― Charise Mericle Harper, Just Grace and the Terrible Tutu: A Chapter Book About Becoming a Big Sister for Children (Ages 6-9)

“still couldn’t think of a single thing to do. MY HOUSE AS A HAPPINESS GRAPH As soon as I got upstairs to my room, I started to think about everything that had just happened. Sometimes doing lots of thinking by yourself is not a good idea. It can make you sad. I decided to go down to the living room. The ground floor”
― Charise Mericle Harper, Just Grace and the Flower Girl Power

“OHMYGOSHICAN’TBELIEVEITAREYOUKIDDINGWOWTHAT’SSOCRAZYICAN’TBELIEVEITTHEUPSMANISLUKE? WOW!!!”
― Charise Mericle Harper, Just Grace and the Flower Girl Power