01UndatedMy only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.Judy Blume / quote ↗
04UndatedLet children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.Judy Blume / quote ↗
08Undated[I]t's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.Judy Blume / quote ↗
09UndatedWe are friends for life. When we’re together the years fall away. Isn’t that what matters? To have someone who can remember with you? To have someone who remembers how far you’ve come?Judy Blume / quote ↗
10UndatedSome changes happen deep down inside of you. And the truth is, only you know about them.Judy Blume / quote ↗
11Undated...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.Judy Blume / quote ↗
12UndatedDo you think just having a baby automatically makes you love it?''I'm not sure... you might have to learn to love it, like any other person.Judy Blume / quote ↗
13UndatedSex 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.Judy Blume / quote ↗
16UndatedI think the child I was until 12 was so much more interesting than the teenager I became. As a teenager, you get wrapped up in your friends and sexual stuff, and the imaginative life you had, it just goes. And mine was so rich and fun. Fortunately, I was able to tap back into that later on [through my books] to save my life.Judy Blume / quote ↗
20UndatedLibrarians save lives: by handing the right book, at the right time, to a kid in needJudy Blume / quote ↗
21UndatedDo 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...Judy Blume / quote ↗
23UndatedHaving the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me.Judy Blume / quote ↗
