Julie Murphy Quotes

“I want to be with you,” he says. “But I can’t if you won’t let me.”
“Why?” I drop my bag in the driveway. “Why do you want to be with this?” I wave my arm up and down the length of my body. Immediately, I hate myself for this. The only person making this about my body is me.
“Because I like you. I think I might feel a lot more than that for you, Willowdean. How is that so hard to believe?”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“The body I have shouldn't change how deserving I am of my dreams. - Millie”
― Julie Murphy, Pumpkin

“Aha! I take my three keys on my ring (car, house, El's) and hold my hand in a fist so that each of the keys is peeking out from between my fingers. I remember seeing this on a self-denfense special of Maury. Television saves lives.”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“I hate that there's never anyting good on TV on Saturday afternoons. It's like even the networks are trying to get you off your ass and have a life.”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“Her boyfriend, Camdon or Brandon or whatever his name is, tosses Callie his wallet and says, 'Gotta take a leak.' They exchange a kiss--- which, I mean, why? Is he going to drown in the toilet?”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“So this is creepy,' I say, motioning to the school with my non-key-shiv hand.”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“Lucy was the most confident. Her confidence scared me. I just can't imagine her to want to do something and not do it.”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“I can’t imagine any version of Oscar I wouldn’t want in my life.”
― Julie Murphy, Dear Sweet Pea

“She smelled like utter sweetness and innocence, but she felt like sin incarnate. Like she’d been formed for filthy fun and nothing else.”
― Sierra Simone, The Legend of Robin Hood: Conquests of the Longbow - Hintbook