Judy Blume, Forever . . .

"I still get angry when older people assume that everyone in my generation, screws around. They're probably the same ones who think all kids use dope. It's true that we are more open than our parents but that just means we accept sex and talk about it. It doesn't mean we are all jumping into bed together."

"Do you think you can wait - because I don't want you to stop loving me. I keep remembering us and how it was. I don't want to hurt you...not ever..."

"...love at thirteen is nothing like love at eighteen."

"I made promises to you that I'm not sure I can keep."

"You've got to enjoy whatever you can and forget about the rest."

"Sex is a commitment... Once you're there you can't go back to holding hands...and when you give yourself both mentally and physically...well, you're completely vulnerable."

"... I used to think if you read enough books you'd automatically know how to do everything the right way. But reading and doing are not the same at all."

"That's not a bad word...hate and war are bad words, but fuck isn't."