M.L. Collins > Quotes

“Just remember that when kids are mean and jerky—because some definitely will be—that’s about them, not you. It still hurts, but you’ll get through this and they’ll probably always be buttheads.”
― M.L. Collins, The Shy Girl & the Jock Next Door

“Everyone needs a skilled mechanic or plumber or electrician they can count on. Over in Germany, they respect blue-collar jobs and sixty percent of their high school graduates choose vocational training. But here in America, our public high schools continue to cut vocational training from curriculums. We look down on blue collar work and push every high school student toward college. One third of all college students drop out entirely without a degree and burdened with student loan debt. Yet there is a growing shortage of skilled labor and millions of jobs going unfilled. Who are you going to call if a pipe bursts in your house or your daughter’s car breaks down on the side of the road? That’s why I believe vocational training is important.”
― M.L. Collins, The Tomboy & The Movie Star

“In life, many people will say you cannot do things. Don’t listen. You can do anything you set your mind to. Surround yourself with people who believe in you.”
― M.L. Collins, The Tomboy & The Movie Star

“Dax wrapped his arm around my shoulders and pulled me in close. “I think the word you’re looking for is unique. There’s something sexy about a girl who’s not afraid to be different.”
― M.L. Collins, The Nerd & the Quarterback

“Sometimes when things seem dark it’s because the shining light we’re looking for is just around the corner where we can’t see it.”
― M.L. Collins, The Tomboy & The Movie Star

“Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.”
― M.L. Collins, The Shy Girl & the Jock Next Door

“Have you ever wanted anything so badly and then it almost lands right in your hands, only to be snatched away? That’s a bit how it felt when Shay told me that her parents thought she was my girlfriend. I had been in love with Shay MacNeil since the third grade. I know some people might laugh at that, being that we were kids but what I felt for her was real. And the older we got and the more we grew up the deeper I fell for her.”
― M.L. Collins, The Shy Girl & the Jock Next Door

“Life was too short to get caught up in the mean-girl machinations of the Lindas of the world.”
― M.L. Collins, The Shy Girl & the Jock Next Door

“TREAT OTHERS AS YOU’D LIKE TO BE TREATED”
― M.L. Collins, The Shy Girl & the Jock Next Door

“MY FAITHFUL COMPANIONS: INSECURITY & FEAR”
― M.L. Collins, The Shy Girl & the Jock Next Door

“feel like you weren’t enough. It was a real feeling. It hurt as much as any cut or bruise. It wasn’t something I could fix”
― M.L. Collins, Where the Wild Boyfriends Are

“Chris Pine,”
― M.L. Collins, The Nerd & the Quarterback

“If I had a dollar for every time someone warned me or my parents how many actors try to make it in Hollywood only to fail—well…I’d be a millionaire. Instead, I was a millionaire movie star because I didn’t listen to all the naysayers.”
― M.L. Collins, The Tomboy & The Movie Star