God, it sucks to disappoint your parents, even at forty-two years old. Lauren Myracle More Quotes by Lauren Myracle More Quotes From Lauren Myracle You should eat a waffle! You can't be sad if you eat a waffle! Lauren Myracle wafflessadnessfunny We are all flawed, my dear. Every one of us. And believe me, we've all made mistakes. You've just got to take a good hard look at yourself, change what needs to be changed, and move one, pet. Lauren Myracle mistakebelievemoving I live in my own little world. But its ok, they know me here. Lauren Myracle lifefunnyworld If everyone started off the day singing, just think how happy they'd be. Lauren Myracle musicsongthinking We all mess up. It's what we learn from our mistakes that matters. Lauren Myracle lessonsmattermistake Christmas is never over,unless you want it to be... Christmas is a state of mind. Lauren Myracle statesmindwant Other people have suggested that I write about teens because I'm perpetually stuck in that stage of my own development. That could very well be true. I would throw out that teens and tweens are just absolutely fabulous and the most interesting people on the planet. And it is a time of high drama, and everything matters. Lauren Myracle writingdramainteresting zoegirl: have u named the chicks? SnowAngel:yes, but i keep getting them mixed up. so now i call all of them "squishy." they're the collective squishy. zoegirl: *r* they squishy? SnowAngel: when you squeeze them,yes. but not in a yucky way. SnowAngel: they're growing on me, the little squishies. altho 1 of them pooped on my pillow. zoegirl: u let them on your bed? SnowAngel: they like it when i bounce them. Lauren Myracle growingbedlittles You know, this technology that we have, and the Internet and Twitter and Facebook - I get so many of those emails that talk about hard times that kids have gone through, how books have helped them, but also happy times. Lauren Myracle technologykidsbook I didn't like being alone. Being alone was slightly better than having to deal with people, that's all. Or so I'd convinced myself. Lauren Myracle like-being-alonedealspeople Kids are smart. Knowledge is power. Let them figure things out. Don't turn into that grown-up who they won't come to. Lauren Myracle knowledge-is-powersmartkids You know it’s them books what make you talk funny. Lauren Myracle knowsbook I did a lot of research on a couple different things. One was, how do people handle hating themselves and hating others? And hatred is a secondary emotion, I think; it always springs from something else ... usually fear, that's probably what it is. So I looked a lot at that. Lauren Myracle couplehatespring If she did see, I hoped she' be amazed. Amazed and thankful, because without even asking, she'd received a genuine autograph from a genuine girl from Atlanta. Not just any girl, but a girl who was, frankly, a pretty big deal. A girl who was me. Lauren Myracle atlantagirlasking I've written a lot of novels for teens and tweens ... but I'd never really tackled the North Carolina side of me. And it's so strong and so important, and yet I hadn't acknowledged it. And so one of the things I wanted to do in "Shine" is take that on. Lauren Myracle shiningimportantstrong Suck it up. This is the life you chose for yourself, so buck up and deal. Lauren Myracle bucksdeals I'm a southern girl, and I grew up with this slightly schizophrenic upbringing where I bounced back and forth between Atlanta, Georgia, and a tiny mountain town called Brevard, North Carolina. My parents were divorced, and my two lives were very different because of socioeconomic reasons. Lauren Myracle atlantagirltwo Is he a sophomore?" Lydia says. "Please tell me he's in our grade." "I don't know," I say. "But weren't you there when he came to the office?" Peyton says. "The secretary didn't get out her bullhorn and announce what grade he's in. She just took him to meet Headmaster Perkins. Lauren Myracle sophomoregradesoffice But you have to live in the present. You have to take the old and make it new -- that's my point. Lauren Myracle live-in-the-present Even so, I was proud of myself for taking action at all. I didn't hide or run away or pretend the ugliness didn't happen. I stood up and said something that was true. I said it out loud, and by doing so, I was standing up for lots of people, not just me. Lauren Myracle proudrunningpeople
