Carolyn Mackler
Carolyn Mackler
Carolyn Mackleris an American author of young adult literature. She has written five novels including Love and Other Four-Letter Words, The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things, which won and honorable mention from the Michael L. Printz award, Vegan Virgin Valentine, Guyaholic: A Story of Finding, Flirting, Forgetting...and the Boy Who Changes Everything, Tangled. Her novels are in print in many different countries such as: the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, France, Italy, Korea, the Netherlands, Denmark, Israel, and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth13 July 1973
CountryUnited States of America
Remember what to do when you're at the bottom of a hole? You've got to stop digging.
Prior to being bullied, I was a very footloose sixth-grader. You know, I was quirky, I was creative - I really felt good in my own body. And when I was bullied in seventh grade, my self-esteem tanked.
You know how I feel about love. It was invented to sell wedding cakes. And vacations to Waikiki.
I've always protected myself when it comes to love. And maybe that's the problem. By not letting myself get hurt now, it ripples into much bigger pain later.
I love being reminded that existence itself is all about the tangling of souls.
I like the flaws best," Sam said. "They make her real.
The one thing I do remember is that as I retraced my steps through all the familiar streets of my life, Inow felt completely lost.
And also...well...i told them I want to get an apartment with him next year rather than live in the dorms." What'd they say?" Over their dead bodies." What did you say?" I asked whether they wanted to be burie or cremated.
The Fat Girl Code of Conduct: 1. Any sexual activity is a secret. No public displays of affection. 2. Don’t discuss your weight with him. 3. Go further than skinny girls. If you can’t sell him on your body, you’d better overcompensate with sexual perks. 4. Never, ever, ever, ever, ever push the relationship thing.
I guess quotes make me feel more connected.
Sometimes we make decisions about our life and they feel like the right decision at the time. No, they are the right decision at the time. But that doesn't mean they'll be the right decision forever.
It's like you wake up one morning, and decided that how you've been in the past doesn't have to define who you are in the future. Simple as that.
My own experience being bullied - it made me a more compassionate person. It made me more sympathetic to the adolescent experience.
I think that being bullied is a shameful experience.