“I still get angry when older people assume that everyone in my generation, screws around. They’re probably the same ones who think all kids use dope. It’s true that we are more open than our parents but that just means we accept sex and talk about it. It doesn’t mean we are all jumping into bed together.”
More from Judy Blume
“That’s not a bad word. ‘Hate’ and ‘war’ are bad words. ‘Fuck’ isn’t.”
“It’s not so much that I like him as a person, God, but as a boy he’s very handsome.”
“I wanted to tell him that I will never be sorry for loving him. That in a way I still…”
“‘Forever?’ he asked. ‘Forever,’ I said.”