Alex Flinn Quotes

Every girl pretends she is a princess at one point, no matter how little her life is like that.

Anyone else feel like that? Like your life's a big act. Like you're trying to be a man when you're just a scared kid, trying to keep under control when you really want to scream, cry, or maybe hit someone. Ever feel like you're breathing underwater and you have to stop because you're gulping in too much fluid.

Maybe we judge people too much by their looks because it's easier than seeing what's really important.

Those who do not know how to see the precious things in life will never be happy.

Something with inner beauty will live forever, like the scent of a rose.

I love you, I thought. But I didn't say it. It was not that I feared she would laugh in my face. She was far too kind for that. My fear was a greater one - that she won't say it back.

Good to know: Doctors can't cure you of being a beast.

I am a princess. I do not follow fashions--I make them.

Sometimes, unexpected things can happen.

This isn't a fairy tale. It's New York City.

The magic is over, but its effects will live forever.

What happened to romance? Sappy, soppy longhand love letters.

A beautiful thing is precious no matter the price

You shouldn't miss someone who don't miss you, right?

You are right. I have no idea, and it is none of my business, and I was taught to obey my parents. But sometimes it is just impossible to obey blindly. Sometimes a child must strike out on her own. A child cannot be a child forever, whether that means not touching a spindle or . . . or . . .

I enjoy people who aren't afraid to say what they mean. It makes life so much easier!

True love would look a second time. True love would not be thwarted. True love would not accept no for an answer. He would search the world and certainly look again and again in every cottage in Euphrasia until he finds you.

I was a lawyer for about ten years. The law teaches one to see things from all different angles.

Although my other ambition was to be a musical theater star (and I would attend college on a voice scholarship), writing was never far from my mind.

I have a great deal of empathy for anyone who's having a hard time. I believe this ability to see another's viewpoint has served me well as a writer.

Seem like a lot of people wear shoes they can't walk in.

Everyone can use a little beauty.

A boy admiring a pretty girl. A rare thing to be certain. But love-true love-is something else.

I wrote poetry, journals, and, especially, plays for the neighborhood kids to perform. I had an ordinary, happy childhood. Nothing much was going on, but I had fun.

Any experience that isn't fun is probably something I will at least use in my writing someday.