It just goes to show that what one person considers a "bad attitude" might actually just be total frustration over being pushed beyond the brink of one's mental and physical endurance.
Meg CabotWe kissed all the way through the fireworks display. We didnโt even notice that there was a fireworks displayโฆ โฆI guess because weโd been making fireworks of our own.
Meg CabotSusannah." My dance partner's breath was soft against my cheek. "Susannah...." Yeah. In my dreams. In real life, the voice calling my name wasn't a bit masculine. That's because it belonged to a twelve-year-old boy.
Meg CabotYou know in sixth grade, when they made all of us girls go into this other room and watch a video about getting our periods and stuff? I bet while we were gone, the boys were watching a video about how to look at each other in that infuriating way.
Meg CabotOf course. I was on the run from evil spirits that wanted to kill me and now, according to the local paper, the law. Yet Richard Smith, cemetery sexton and death deity scholar, had a book for me to read in all my copious spare time.
Meg CabotAnd I like a good horror story as much as the next person so long as they kill off some men too and not just girls. But the voices Joan heard were real. Thereโs clear and substantiated proof they were real. She won battles that would otherwise have been lost because of what those voices told her in advance of them allowing the French generals to strategize in ways completely different than they did before Joan came along. Peopleโs lives were saved because of what those voices told her.
Meg Cabot