Drama Queen Quotes

“But before he could either comfort me or commit further acts of violence upon my person, I spun away from him and made my drama queen moment complete by running away.”
― Rachel Hawkins, Hex Hall

“I feel like Amy wanted people to believe she really was perfect. And as we got to be friends, I got to know her. And she wasn't perfect. You know? She was brilliant and charming and all that, but she was also controlling and OCD and a drama queen and a bit of a liar. Which was fine by me. It just wasn't fine by her. She got rid of me because I knew she wasn't perfect.”
― Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

“To be loved to madness--such was her great desire. Love was to her the one cordial which could drive away the eating loneliness of her days. And she seemed to long for the abstraction called passionate love more than for any particular lover.”
― Thomas Hardy, Return of the Native

“I'm going to bed, where I may die.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle

“Difficulty is inevitable. Drama is a choice.”
― Anita Renfroe

“As June walked toward me from the darkness of the garden into the light of the door, I saw for the first time the most beautiful woman on earth. Astartling white face, burning dark eyes, a face so alive I felt it would consume itself before my eyes. Years ago I tried to imagine a true beauty; I created in my mind an image of just such a woman. I had never seen her until last night. Yet I knew long ago the phosphorescent color of her skin, her huntress profile, the evenness of her teeth. She is bizarre, fantastic, nervous, like someone in a high fever. Her beauty drowned me...

By the end of the evening I had extricated myself from her power. She killed my admiration by her talk. Her talk. The enormous ego, false, weak, posturing. She lacks the courage of her personality, which is sensual, heavy with experience. Her role alone preoccupies her. She invents drama in which she always stars. I am sure she creates genuine dramas, genuine chaos and whirlpools of feelings, but I feel that her share in it is a pose. That night, in spite of my response to her, she sought to be whatever she felt I wanted her to be. She is an actress every moment. I cannot grasp the core of June.”
― Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934

“The saying that people who have nothing to do become busybodies is not the only truth. Excitement is a drug, and people whose lives are filled with violence are always wondering where the next ‘fix’ is coming from.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

“Just because some people are fueled by drama doesn't mean you have to attend the performance.”
― Cheryl Richardson

“...Don't be surprised, and I say it darkly, do not be surprised if you lose your Luke in this cause; perhaps Mrs. Dudley has not yet had her own mid morning snack, and she is perfectly capable of a filet de Luke á la meuniére, or perhaps dieppoise, depending upon her mood; if I do not return" -and he shook his finger warningly under the doctor's nose- "I entreat you to regard your lunch with the gravest suspicion." Bowing extravagantly, as befitted one off to slay a giant, he closed the door behind him.”
― Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House

“Why do we teach girls that their perspectives are inherently untrustworthy?" I would yell. I want to reclaim these words- after all, melodrama comes from melos, which means "music," "honey"; a drama queen is, nonetheless, a queen- but they are still hot to the touch. This is what I keep returning to: how people decide who is or is not an unreliable narrator. And after that decision has been made, what do we do with people who attempt to construct their own vision of justice?”
― Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House

“Her tears fell abundantly--but her grief was so truly artless, that no dignity could have made it more respectable in Emma's eyes--and she listened to her and tried to console her with all her heart and understanding--really for the time convinced that Harriet was the superior creature of the two--and that to resemble her would be more for her own welfare and happiness than all that genius or intelligence could do.

It was rather too late in the day to set about being simple-minded and ignorant; but she left her with every previous resolution confirmed of being humble and discreet, and repressing imagination all the rest of her life.”
― Jane Austen

“Look at it! It's ginger! I shall have to hide until it's grown out! Despair! Anguish! Horror!”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle

“Demon—with the highest respect for you—behold your work!”
― Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend

“Did you talk to him about it?"
"Oh, sure. Nothing happened, yadda yadda. The usual. But my maydar went off like crazy."
"Maydar?"
"As in, he may be thinking about super hot sex with her. Like radar, only not as sure.”
― Rachel Caine, Midnight Bites

“I tried to help you turn the page by burning it, but you fucking kept sniffing the ashes!”
― Ahmed Mostafa

“The saga started out a normal day—don't they all? I mean, surely one morning back there in prehistoric times a dinosaur woke up, yawned, chewed some coffee beans, and thought his day was going to be dead boring, just before a comet slammed into his neighborhood.”
― Rachel Caine, Midnight Bites

“What the fuck was that about?” Vaughn said, standing over me.
“I pissed him off.”
Dark blue eyes flicking to the restroom, Vaughn reached back and scratched at his shoulder. “All I know is when Judd came back from Texas, he was all hollowed out. Like a ghost, I guess. This morning before his bitch fit, he looked alive again. Whatever you said or did, can’t be that big a deal compared to the shit mood he’s been in lately.”
Glancing at the restroom, I wanted to go back to before I said the words. My honesty ruined our happy morning.
“You can’t take it personally,” Vaughn added when I just stared at the restroom. “You know how moody Judd is. Always crying and bitching about something. A freaking drama queen.”
Grinning, I looked up at him. “Thank you.”
“Men like us aren’t used to pretty girls looking at them like you look at Judd. He’s not sure what to do with you and you’re just gonna have to be patient while he figures shit out.”
“Okay,” I said, studied him. Whereas Judd hid a deep sorrow and iced heart behind his walls, I sensed Vaughn concealed a barely contained rage. He smiled easily enough, but it was a ruse. Just like Judd who acted like the world didn’t touch him, Vaughn faked his exterior to avoid showing anything to the world.
“Why do they call you Outlaw?” I asked.
Vaughn sighed. “Because it’s better than calling me dead man walking.”
“I don’t understand.”
“You don’t need to, darlin. The drama queen returns.”
When Judd appeared next to me, his expression was unreadable while kissing me softly. When he pulled away, his gaze flickered to Vaughn. “Thanks.”
“You are so premenstrual sometimes.”
Grinning, Judd sat down across from me then glanced at Vaughn. “Fuck off.”
Vaughn leaned his hip against the side of the booth and sized me up. “What is it about the Smith sisters that makes otherwise strong men lose their balls?”
“I have no idea and I’m out of sisters, so I guess you’re out of luck.”
“Thank the Lord too. I like my balls attached.”
― Bijou Hunter, Damaged and the Knight

“Oh my God. Oh my God, J.P. is in love with me. And we blew up the school.”
― Meg Cabot, Princess Mia

“Some real kings are drama queens.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“I’m so excited, and I just can’t hide it, I’m about to lose control and I think I like it…rung out over and over.
That was my divorce theme song. It felt like I done lost more than control, I had lost my rabbit ass mind from drinking too much.”
― Kassie Leigh Perkins, Foolish At Forty

“You should have seen them before she went to see Father,” Athanasius grumbled. ‘Oh Endy! I love you! Believe in me!’” he mimicked River in a high tone. “‘Oh River, I love you too, let me kiss you and recite Greek poetry while our kingdom crumbles around us,’” he continued in a deeper voice.”
― C.E. Jeffery, Song of the Abyss

“You can take All the Drama in your day to day world, put that in a Blender . . . AND . . . I will take of the Drama in mine and put that into the same Blender . . . Out will come a Shot Glass full of your Drama . . . while I will be making Milk Shake After Milk Shake . . . So Deal with It”
― Kevin Kolenda

“You can take All the Drama in your world, put that in a Blender . . . AND . . . I will take All the Drama in mine and put that into the same Blender . . . Out will come a Shot Glass full of your Drama . . . while I will be making Milk Shake After Milk Shake . . . So Deal with It”
― Kevin Kolenda

“You can take All the Drama in your day to day world, put that in a Blender . . . AND . . . I will take All of the Drama in mine and put that into the same Blender . . . Out will come a Shot Glass full of your Drama . . . while I will be making Milk Shake After Milk Shake . . . So Deal with It”
― Kevin Kolenda

“Dealing with manipulative baby mamas is like playing chess with someone who wrote the rulebook and keeps moving the pieces when you're not looking. Checkmate, drama queen.”
― Don Santo

“Most men needed sunlight to survive: Dorian needed a spotlight.”
― Hannah Marie, Prince of Ruin