“I think we made out [sexuality changing]. I think that's really great, and we didn't jump into intercourse. And there were no blow jobs.” ThinkingMadeJobsBlowSexualityReally GreatIntercourseBlow Job Author:Judy Blume
“Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking.” InspirationalLittlesPastBusinessOughtEconomicsAssaultFew WordsLanguage WordsPower Of LanguageLanguage And Power Author:John Maynard Keynes
“Heavy petting, that was fun! That was good. And frankly, you know I wish kids would go back to it. It's very satisfying. And it's not as scary. So many girls, you know this. I mean they are having what we call sex. Right? They're having intercourse. They don't want to, they don't get anything out of it.” KnowsWantMeanKidsGirlFunWishSexScaryHeavySatisfyingIntercourse Author:Judy Blume
“I was Little Miss Perfect. That's where all the secrets come in, because you know damn well you are not perfect, but you think your parents want you to be. And so you pretend.” ThinkingKnowsWantWellsLittlesParentPerfectSecretMissingDamnNot Perfect Author:Judy Blume
“I do believe that people who write for children are deeply connected to their own childhood.” PeopleWritingBelieveChildrenChildhoodConnected Author:Judy Blume
“I've never really thought in terms of taboos. I think that books can really help parents and kids talk together about difficult subjects. I've always felt that way.” ThinkingWayBookHelpingKidsTogetherFeltParentDifficultTermSubjectsTabooDifficult Subjects Author:Judy Blume
“The parent reads the book. The kid reads the book and then they can talk about the characters instead of talking about themselves. You know there's a connection even if you don't talk about it when you read the same books.” IfsKnowsBookCharacterKidsParentTalkingConnections Author:Judy Blume
“Isn't that interesting. All the book clubs. I've never belonged to one.” BookInterestingClubsBook Club Author:Judy Blume
“It was a such a surprise, such an absolute shocking surprise to me to not know what you're doing and to find out that this thing that you don't even know how to do, that you're sure you don't know how to do, speaks to so many people and touches so many people in some way.” PeopleKnowsWaySpeakKnow HowAbsolutesSurpriseShocking Author:Judy Blume