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Julie Murphy

Julie Murphy Books

Musical Artist

Born in 1960, Julie Murphy is a talented musical artist whose career is filled with exploration and breakthrough. Her unique musical style and emotional performances have won the admiration of many fans.

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Dear Sweet Pea

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Pumpkin

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Side Effects May Vary

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Great Barrier Reef Under Threat

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My Australia

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“Starting at a new school kind of stinks. Even if everyone is pretty cool. But it’s not the same. At my old school me and my friends started a club called Paranormal Appreciation Society. How could I ever find anything that cool again?”

School Friends Clubs Paranormal Changes Cool Dear Sweet Pea New School

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“I obviously don’t know the whole story here, but good friendships are durable. They’re meant to survive the gaps and the growing pains.”

Friendship Friends Growing Pains

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“Why is everyone always trying to take money away from libraries? Aren’t books sort of the reason we’re even in school at all?”

School Library Libraries

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“Bo se inclina hacia mí y engancha las manos detrás de mis orejas, atrayéndome hacia él. Nuestros labios se rozan, de manera tan leve que me hace cosquillas, pero no llega a ser un beso. —Quiero besarte —sus palabras se derraman justo en mi boca—. Y lo haré muy pronto, aunque esta vez no voy a estropearlo.”

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“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.”

Fear Self Esteem Anxiety

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“Here in my country I’ll live and roam My spirit sings here - This is my home.”

Home Poetry Nature Environment Australia

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“But isn’t that the point of labels like boyfriend and girlfriend? To make things easier for other people? She slurps her beer. 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.”

Relationship Labels

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“I know guys aren’t supposed to cry, but I cried a bunch that night. 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.”

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“If I could avert my eyes from all the kissing people ever, I’m positive that my life would be at least 2 percent more fulfilling.”

Kissing Kiss Pda

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“I’ve been real lost without her. Like, she was this compass I didn’t even know I had.”

Loss Grief Family

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“I think maybe we’re both talking about a different kind of loss. The kind that can’t be fixed with a plane ticket.”

Loss Grief Mourning

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“Mom, I feel good. This dress makes me feel like someone I didn't know I could be. I've never owned anything like it. But if when you see this - when you see me- you think it's a pity, that it's a shame I didn't lose a few, then screw you, Mom. Try harder.”

Ya Bibliophile Bookish Dumplin Contemp Yacontemp

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“Por que ter coxas enormes e cheias de celulite me obriga a pedir desculpas à humanidade?”

Self Esteem Body Image Body Positivity

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“I try not to cringe. Dog-earing a book feels like a violation of some sacred unspoken rule.”

Book Reading Rule Cringe Bookmark

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“The difference between winning and losing is all in the details', she said.”

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“Lucy was the most confident. Her confidence scared me. I just can't imagine her to want to do something and not do it.”

Action Fear Confidence Just Do It Dumplin Julie Murphy

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“But we can’t walk around scared all the time. That’s no way to do things.”

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“Plus having sex doesn’t make you a woman. That is so freaking cliché. If you want to have sex, have sex, but don’t make it this huge thing that carries all this weight. You’re setting yourself up for disappointment.”

Sex Women Womanhood

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“I think you gotta be who you want to be until you feel like you are whoever it is you're trying to become.”

Inspirational Confidence

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“The word fat makes people uncomfortable. But when you see me, the first thing you notice is my body. And my body is fat. It's like how I notice some girls have big boobs or shiny hair or knobby knees. Those things are okay to say. But the word fat, the one that best describes me, makes lips frown and cheeks lose their color. But that's me. I'm fat. It's not a cuss word. It's not an insult. At least it's not when I say it. So I always figure why not get it out of the way?”

Confidence Fat Body Positivity

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“I am a total badass. A fat badass.”

Confidence Badass Dumplin

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“I don't get it - how you can feel like there are no consequences for living with your feelings on your sleeve.”

Feelings Expressing Yourself Heart On Your Sleeve

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“All my favorite things start as bad ideas', says Millie.”

Ideas Idea Bad Ideas

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“A hefty, hooked beak and scary stare can be fierce features! The shoebill...is one mean feeder. It eats almost anything in the swamp.”

Animals Nonfiction Picture Book Unusual Creature Shoebill Bird

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“Sometimes we have to break the rules to get what we want. But now I think it’s time we change them.”

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“Clover City is the kind of place you leave. It's love that either sucks you in or pushes you away. There are only a few who really make it out and stay out, while the rest of us drink, procreate, and go to church, and that seems enough to keep us afloat.”

Small Town Life

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“I want to be with you,” he says. “But I can’t if you won’t let me.” “Why?” I drop my bag in the driveway. “Why do you want to be with this?” I wave my arm up and down the length of my body. Immediately, I hate myself for this. The only person making this about my body is me. “Because I like you. I think I might feel a lot more than that for you, Willowdean. How is that so hard to believe?”

Dumplin Julie Murphy Bo Larson Willowdean Dickson

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“Aha! I take my three keys on my ring (car, house, El's) and hold my hand in a fist so that each of the keys is peeking out from between my fingers. I remember seeing this on a self-denfense special of Maury. Television saves lives.”

Humor Funny Dumplin Julie Murphy

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“I hate that there's never anyting good on TV on Saturday afternoons. It's like even the networks are trying to get you off your ass and have a life.”

Humor Funny Dumplin Julie Murphy

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“I was so scared that all the big things I wanted would never be anything more than wants.”

Inspirational Dreams Wants Dumplin

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“Her boyfriend, Camdon or Brandon or whatever his name is, tosses Callie his wallet and says, 'Gotta take a leak.' They exchange a kiss--- which, I mean, why? Is he going to drown in the toilet?”

Humor Funny Dumplin Julie Murphy

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“Every time I blink, all I can see are my flaws. My body in a fun-house mirror. Hips too wide. Thighs too big. And a head too small for the rest of me.”

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“She hated that book. El's not the type of person who can read something that's made her cry and think it was good because it touched her. No, books or movies that make Ellen cry infuriate her. Like, it's some kind of betrayal.”

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“The fat kids, the skinny kids, the tall ones, the short ones, and everybody in between: I am so thankful that not a single one of us is the exact same. What a boring world that would be.”

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“Stories change hearts and then hearts change the world.”

Real Stories Relatable Dumplin Malik Puddin

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“But isn't that the point of labels like boyfriend and girlfriend? To make things easier for other people? [...] 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.”

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“So this is creepy,' I say, motioning to the school with my non-key-shiv hand.”

Humor Funny Dumplin Julie Murphy

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“My mind is a maze and I'm chasing a shadow.”

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“The coat was black and drab and obviously purchased for the sake of utility without any thought of fashion. It's the type of sacrifice you make when you're a bigger person.”

Relatable Fat Dumplin

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“I think there’s this survival instinct inside all of us that clicks on when we see other people failing. It makes me feel gross and incredibly human.”

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“is it so bad to want some chemistry? A little bit of spark that makes me feel like we’re the only people in the world for ten minutes.”

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“That’s because your parents can’t help you breathe if they can’t breathe for themselves. You understand?”

Family Breathing Help Emergency Sweet Pea Dear Sweet Pea

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“I can’t imagine any version of Oscar I wouldn’t want in my life.”

Friendship Julie Murphy Dear Sweet Pea

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“t’s not very easy to say no to fire-breathing mom dragons.”

Mom Anger Angry Saying No No Angry Moms

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“Even though Clover City feels like one big joke sometimes, it's my joke. My charming joke of a town that thrives on beauty pageants and dance teams and a football team that couldn't figure out how to win a game if the other team had forfeited, but underneath it all, it's more than that small-town stereotype. It's a shithole. But it's my little shithole.”

Small Town Pumpkin Home Town

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“The body I have shouldn't change how deserving I am of my dreams. - Millie”

Inspirational Dreams Body Positivity Julie Murphy Puddin

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“you don't always have to win a pageant to wear a crown”

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“Captain James Cook's ship, The Endeavour, hit a coral outcrop in the Great Barrier Reef in 1770. Cook and his crew camped in what is now called Cooktown for nearly two months while making repairs. Then they sailed south, where Cook claimed the east coast of Australia as British territory.”

Australia Coral Great Barrier Reef Captain Cook The Endeavour Captain James Cook Cooktown

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“You think you know a place,” he says. “You think you’ve got it all figured out, but it’s like with camerawork. You just adjust your position, “Cameron and the other guys take their smoke breaks up here,” he explains. The two of us sit down, and for a few minutes we just live here in this moment without a word between us. Finally I break the silence. “How is it I’ve lived here all my life and I’m just now seeing this view of Clover City?” A soft smile plays at Malik’s lips. “You think you know a place,” he says. “You think you’ve got it all figured out, but it’s like with camerawork. You just adjust your position, even slightly, and suddenly you’re telling a different story. Seeing a new world.”

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“Maybe it's different for everybody, but people like my grandparents? Their opinion of the world is shaped by the person who delivers their news. That's real responsibility, and I don't take that lightly.”

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About the Author

Born: 1960
Known for: Musical Artist
Quotes: 69

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