A stick or a stone only stings for a minute. A name seems to hurt forever.

- Barbara Park

Even though sometimes you can control your anger, you can't control your sadness.

- Barbara Park

Junie B. Jones. The B stands for Beatrice. Except, I don't like Beatrice. I just like B and that's all.

- Barbara Park

My senior year of high school, I was voted Wittiest. So, several years later, I decided to try my hand at writing humor to see if I could be witty en…

- Barbara Park

Can't we be friends?' I hate your guts, Frankovitch' Can't our guts be friends?

- Barbara Park

When you’re in between dreams, you get to lean back and relax and stop trying so hard. Trying to be somebody, I mean. It’s not as exciting as being a…

- Barbara Park

I don't really believe in pretending to be happy when you're not. Mostly I believe that you should burden your friends with your problems.

- Barbara Park

I'm not actually sure I'm grown-up enough for grown-up books.

- Barbara Park

I find the term perfect child to be an oxymoron.

- Barbara Park