{"author":"Francine Pascal","author_id":"Francine+Pascal","total_quotes":22,"quotes":[{"text":"Elizabeth scowled, feeling like a nobody, a nothing. She felt like her entire self had been made worthless. She could change her interests, but she couldn’t change her looks. She’d never be six feet tall. She’d never look like a supermodel.","author":"Francine Pascal","tags":["self-esteem","superficiality","supermodels","sweet-valley","worthless"],"id":27327,"author_id":"Francine+Pascal"},{"text":"He saw her right after the seventh-period bell rang. She seemed dressed for the sole purpose of blending in with the lockers, but she stood out, anyway. It didn’t matter that her wide blue eyes were narrowed or that her pretty mouth was twisted into a near snarl — she was blatantly beautiful. It was kind of sick the way Ed was preoccupied with beautiful girls these days.He felt a little sorry for her. (He was also preoccupied with finding ways of feeling sorry for people.) She was new and trying hard not to look it. She was confused and trying to look tough. It was endearing is what it was.","author":"Francine Pascal","tags":["beautiful","blending-in","endearing","lockers","pity","school","snarls"],"id":31964,"author_id":"Francine+Pascal"},{"text":"As pathetic as it was, she'd rather hold on to the possibility of something perfect than be hit with the reality of nothing much.","author":"Francine Pascal","tags":["nothing","pathetic","perfect","possibility"],"id":69981,"author_id":"Francine+Pascal"},{"text":"I am seventeen. The good things about seventeen is that you’re not sixteen. Sixteen goes with the word sweet, and I am so far from sweet.","author":"Francine Pascal","tags":["age","seventeen","sixteen","sweet","sweet-sixteen","teens"],"id":97517,"author_id":"Francine+Pascal"},{"text":"Elizabeth walked past just as Mrs. Ferguson, pulling down her wide-brimmed hat, announced that teenagers today were the most inconsiderate creatures she had ever seen. 'I'm afraid I have to agree with you,' Elizabeth had heard her twin say mournfully, clearly distinguishing herself from the inconsiderate teenagers milling all around them.","author":"Francine Pascal","tags":["inconsiderate","sweet-valley","teenagers"],"id":106071,"author_id":"Francine+Pascal"},{"text":"In Bruce’s opinion, the only fun in dating was the sport of it. The more it was like a tennis match, where he had to wear down his opponent through expertise and sheer force of will, the better he liked it.","author":"Francine Pascal","tags":["aggressive","creepy","dating","sweet-valley"],"id":111050,"author_id":"Francine+Pascal"},{"text":"Elizabeth had amnesia and her defenses were down. Bruce had tried to take advantage of her – what guy wouldn’t? Unfortunately, she got her memory back just in time, ran right out of his house, and wrecked his plans for the evening.","author":"Francine Pascal","tags":["amnesia","attempt","creep","rape","sweet-valley"],"id":120947,"author_id":"Francine+Pascal"},{"text":"She walked away without bothering to look further. She knew he’d be fine. Her specialty was subduing without causing any real damage. He’d lie there for a few minutes. He’d be sore, maybe bruised tomorrow. He’d brush the cobwebs off his imagination to invent a story for his buddies about how three seven-foot, three-hundred-pound male karate black belts attacked him in the park.But she would bet her life on the fact that he would never sneak up on another fragile-looking woman without remembering this night. And that was the point. That was what Gaia lived for.","author":"Francine Pascal","tags":["damage","fragile","lessons","lies","subdue"],"id":129773,"author_id":"Francine+Pascal"},{"text":"I think I’m going to cut down on my dating,’ Annie said. ‘I used to need a lot of attention. You know, to make up for that empty feeling inside. But boys aren’t always the answer.","author":"Francine Pascal","tags":["boys","dating","empty","sweet-valley"],"id":167930,"author_id":"Francine+Pascal"},{"text":"Jessica walked away from Aaron and Ken, flashing them both a big smile. They were both very attractive – she had dated each of them a number of times. In fact, not too long ago she had contemplated falling in love with Ken for lack of anything better to do.","author":"Francine Pascal","tags":["boredom","falling-in-love","flirting","sweet-valley"],"id":183708,"author_id":"Francine+Pascal"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":22,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}