Jessica Burkhart Quotes

Jessica Ashley

Jessica Ashley, better known by her pen name Jessica Burkhart, is an American author. Burkhart works primarily in the tween fiction genre, and is the writer of the Canterwood Crest series of novels. (Jessica Burkhart Quotes)

“And they weren’t lies, really… just little white lies. Harmless.”
Jessica Burkhart
Little White Lies

“Brit and Callie had an old rivalry, because both girls excelled in dressage and each wanted to shine.”
Jessica Burkhart
Home for Christmas

“But it never, NEVER means how you feel about your own experiences with depression or any mental health issue is offensive or insulting to others. Because it’s not about them. It’s about you. They can exit stage left stat.”
Jessica Burkhart
Life Inside My Mind

“Callie froze—her cheeks puffed up with tater tots.”
Jessica Burkhart
Chasing Blue

“Each of us carried a helmet, too. I’d loaned two of mine to Paige and Jacob.”
Jessica Burkhart
Home for Christmas

“He gets what it’s like to take a pill and expect sunshine and rainbows but settle for partially cloudy.”
Jessica Burkhart
Life Inside My Mind

“He was smart, funny, a good rider, and he had pizza at least three times a week.”
Jessica Burkhart
Unfriendly Competition

“Here we go,” Heather said. “We’ve all got about twenty minutes to think about how we’re going to win and not mess this up.” I shook my head at her.”
Jessica Burkhart
Elite Ambition

“How do you get so dirty overnight?” I teased. “Aren’t you supposed to be sleeping?” Charm huffed, turning his head to look at me with a look as if he wanted to roll his eyes. I patted his shoulder. “Kidding, kidding,” I said.”
Jessica Burkhart
Elite Ambition

“I grabbed a snack-sized bag of Cooler Ranch Doritos, a box of gummy worms, and a can of root beer. “What’d you get?” I asked, looking over at Brit. “Sprite, M&M’s, and chips,” she said. “All of the essentials.” She grinned at my snack choices, and we walked toward the door.”
Jessica Burkhart
Elite Ambition

“I scanned the stands, looking for my parents. I finally spotted them, a pair of green and gold human pom-poms. They were standing and screaming for me. I waved at them and grabbed Charm in a hug.”
Jessica Burkhart
Unfriendly Competition

“I wake up in the morning grateful that I want to get out of bed, that I am happy to hear the birds and see the sunlight poking through the curtains. I am grateful that I am not sick, grateful that I am not starting the day with shame and fear. Every morning I wake up choosing life.”
Jessica Burkhart
Life Inside My Mind

“Mom’s working a lot on this big case. She’s tried to explain it to me a bunch of times, but she talks in legalese and you know how fluent I am in that.” We laughed. “Lawyer-speak is not a language you and I will ever master,” I said.” (Jessica Burkhart Quotes)
Jessica Burkhart
Popular

“She was a little neurotic—hello, she organized her paper-clip collection by size and color—but she was the best”
Jessica Burkhart
Little White Lies

“So stop talking so much trash about yourself.” She grinned. “You’ve got enough people, like me, who are more than happy to do that for you.”
Jessica Burkhart
Rival Revenge

“Then we’ll just have to make up for them,” Eric said, looping a friendly arm through Alison’s.”
Jessica Burkhart
Home for Christmas

“There I was, as a young adult, living with my parents and doing jigsaw puzzles in order to stay sane.”
Jessica Burkhart
Life Inside My Mind

“They didn’t cheat.” Jasmine didn’t even lower her voice. “I stole papers from them and studied their handwriting. I made the cheat sheets and planted them while they were too busy gossiping about whatever boy drama was going down in Blackwell.”
Jessica Burkhart
Rival Revenge