Meg Cabot Quotes

We were a very funny family. Humour was the tool with which my brother and I tried to get attention. We were always trying to be the funniest.

Meg Cabot

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• We were a very funny family. Humour was the tool with which my brother and I tried to get attention. We were always trying to be the funniest.

  

  Meg Cabot
  • Trying
  • Family
  • Funny