Julie Murphy > Quotes

“I've wasted a lot of time in my life. I've thought too much about what people will say or what they're gonna think. And sometimes it's over silly things like going to the grocery store or going to the post office. But there have been times when I really stopped myself from doing something special. All because I was scared someone might look at me and decide I wasn't good enough. But you don't have to bother with that nonsense. I wasted all that time so you don't have to.”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“I think maybe it’s the things we don’t want to talk about that are the things people most want to hear.”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“I guess sometimes the perfection we perceive in others is made up of a whole bunch of tiny imperfections, because some days the damn dress just won't zip.”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“All my life I’ve had a body worth commenting on and if living in my skin has taught me anything it’s that if it’s not your body, it’s not yours to comment on.”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“There’s something about swimsuits that make you think you’ve got to earn the right to wear them. And that’s wrong. Really, the criteria is simple. Do you have a body? Put a swimsuit on it.”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“There's some kind of peace that comes with knowing that for every person who is waiting to be found, there's someone out there searching.”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“I think you gotta be who you want to be until you feel like you are whoever it is you're trying to become. Sometimes half of doing something is pretending that you can.”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“Then he left, and with him he took the sun, the moon, the stars, and anything inside of me that might have been good.”
― Julie Murphy, Side Effects May Vary

“Good friendships are durable. They're meant to survive the gaps and the growing pains.”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“Perfection is nothing more than a phantom shadow we’re all chasing”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“I don't get why we call it a crush when it feels more like a curse.”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“I wanted nothing more than to feel something, but I didn't know how to deal with what came after the feeling.”
― Julie Murphy, Side Effects May Vary

“This is me. Back me up or back the fuck out.”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“I may be uncomfortable, but I refuse to be ashamed”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“My first kiss. It's the fastest thing that lasts forever.”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“Marcus mumbles something about PMS and to my surprise, from the kitchen, Bo says, “Why can’t she just be having a shitty day? You don’t need to make up some bullshit reason why.”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“Beautiful, he says. Fat, I think. But can’t I be both at the same time?”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“In a hundred years, no one would know us, but this moment for us would last as long as we did.”
― Julie Murphy, Side Effects May Vary

“Sometimes figuring out who you are means understanding that we are a mosaic of experiences. I’m Dumplin’. And Will and Willowdean. I’m fat. I’m happy. I’m insecure. I’m bold.”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“I hate seeing fat girls on TV or in movies, because the only way the world seems to be okay with putting a fat person on camera is if they’re miserable with themselves or if they’re the jolly best friend. Well, I’m neither of those things.”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“Maybe ’cause you don’t always have to win a pageant to wear a crown.”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“I’d always heard that when you truly love someone, you’re happy for them as long they’re happy. But that’s a lie. That’s higher-road bullshit. If you love someone so much, why the hell would you be happy to see them with anyone else? I didn’t want the easy kind of love. I wanted the crazy love, the kind of love that created and destroyed all at the same time.”
― Julie Murphy, Side Effects May Vary

“And I guess that's when I decided being good at something didn't mean you had to do it. Just 'cause something's easy doesn't make it right.”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“Lucy always said that the greatest friends have nothing and everything in common all at once. Y'all girls are different versions of the same story, she would say.”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“I hate this idea that boys are thinking about sex nonstop and girls are thinking about - what? Stationery and garden gnomes? No.”
― Julie Murphy, Ramona Blue

“She'd call us her bee-utiful girls and take us for hot chocolate on Mondays, because Fridays didn't deserve all the attention. It was funny. I used to think of myself as a Monday and Ellen as a Friday. But Mondays and Fridays were just twenty-four-hour stretches of time with different names.”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“It’s sad that sometimes we let ourselves believe that if it’s not bad, it must be good.” I carve out a corner of my memory for his words, because it’s a sentiment I don’t want to forget. It’s an idea that feels dangerous, because it makes me want more,”
― Julie Murphy, Ramona Blue: A YA Story of Questioning Your Identity and Finding Love in Unexpected Places

“At this point, there’s nothing left to be done, and if there is anything, it’s too late to make the effort. All she can do is let the glitter fall where it may. (Her words, not mine.)”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“Does love still exist if you can’t say it? If you can’t admit it?”
― Julie Murphy, Side Effects May Vary

“Isn’t that sad? It’s like the whole world has to walk around with name tags on so we can all feel more comfortable? I guess things are less scary if you know what to call them.”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'