Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things.
Family Quotes
"But by the time she gave me It's Perfectly Normal, I'd already gotten my period, been felt up by two boys, and read every sexuality book in her study, all of which went typically" —Anaïs made t...
Sex Quotes
Froggy Welsh the Fourth is trying to get up my shirt. (1.1)
Appearances Quotes
It made sense at the time. But now it dawns on me that it's easy for Anaïs to give that kind of advice when she's waify and gorgeous and people have stopped her on the street to tell her she shoul...
Transformation Quotes
But I can't help wishing she'd accept me the way I am. And I can't help wondering whether if I were thin, I'd get invited to these fancy dinners as well. (5.67)
Friendship Quotes
But Froggy and I don't score high on the communication front. Especially once we've stuck our tongues into each other's mouths.I think it's because we're not boyfriend and girlfriend or even friend...
Admiration Quotes
Anaïs is the only person I know who snorts in reference to Byron. The rest of the world worships him, myself included. (2.17)
Femininity Quotes
I said that the soda was making my braces cold. As I've read in myriad magazines, women should always call attention to their mouths, as in licking a lollipop or sliding on lip-gloss. (1.24)
Drugs and Alcohol Quotes
[…] I'm hoping he'll invite me to hang out for the rest of the afternoon, maybe go with him and that girl to the Virgins and Sluts thing tonight. I've heard of kids who visit their older siblings...