Megan McCafferty
Megan McCafferty
Megan Fitzmorris McCaffertyis an American author known for The New York Times bestselling Jessica Darling series of young-adult novels published between 2001 and 2009. McCafferty gained international attention in 2006 when novelist Kaavya Viswanathan was accused of plagiarizing the first two Jessica Darling novels...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
Megan McCafferty quotes about
articles notebook process relevant ripping
I have a very long pre-writing process where I'm jotting down ideas in a notebook and ripping out relevant newspaper articles - a long fact-finding mission.
mistake credit done
Fortunately for me, I'm still evolving into the person I'm supposed to be. And though they don't know it yet, and may not come to accept it, I'm done living by their protocols or anyone else's. I'm the only one who will take credit for my successes. And I'm the only one who will take the blame for my mistakes. From now on, I live for me.
world too-much middle-east
there’s too much tension in the world… what hope is there in the middle east if you and i can’t make peace.
confused moving thinking
Did you know that the average American spends six months of his or her life waiting for red lights to turn green? Six months wasted, waiting for permission to move on. Think of all the other stuff you could do with that time.” I was totally confused. “In the car?” “In your life,” he said.
yesterday way tomorrow
Excuse our appearances. We are taking apart yesterday, to make way for tomorrow
jesus believe night
It just makes me wonder what subject you blame for talking to me every night.' I'm still settling on an answer for that one. Probably Chemistry. Jesus Christ. I can't believe I just wrote that.
nice people waiting
Ever notice how people wait until they're not going to see you anymore to say something nice to you?
hands skins naked
What are your thoughts?' 'My thoughts?' I replied, before I even realized what I was saying. 'My thoughts created my world.' Mac sat up in his seat. He scrunched his curls with his hands, perplexed. 'Who said that?' I told him the truth. 'Oh, just someone I used to know,' I said, stroking the naked skin on my middle finger.
helping-others helping
That's what all love comes down to, doesn't it? We help others only as much as they let us.
falling-in-love love-you artist
You called me a natural con artist and asked me what other secrets I was hiding. I didn't answer because I already knew, in some deep, primal way, what furtive truth you were referring to: That I was destined to fall in love with you.
courtship unspoken
So much of courtship is the unspoken.
loving-you said
Why do you even put up with me?' 'I'm not putting up with you,' he said, softly. 'I'm loving you.
falling-in-love grasping equilibrium
...he makes me feel out of control and out of my head. He is exhilarating and terrifying. I see and feel him everywhere, and I'm always grasping for equilibrium even when he's not there... I feel like I'm always falling in love, falling and falling and falling.
practice class track
This is my new hobby. I watch my life depart minute by minute. I anticipate the end of everything and anything -- a conversation, a class, track practice, darkness -- only to be left with more clock-watching to take its place. I'm continually waiting for something better that never comes. Maybe it would help if I knew what I wanted.