Quotes from Cynthia Lord

Not everything worth keeping needs to be useful

Jason tilts his head toward me, his hand moving slyly across his book. Stupid. Speech. Woman.

Looking closer can make something beautiful.

I)t's just as important to show the hard things in the world as it is to show the beautiful ones. Even in the midst of horrible things, there are little bits of wonder, and all of it's true.

Maybe it's kinder not to remember, because you don't have to grieve.

Good things matter, even when they don't last forever.

It must take some courage to fly, to trust the wind to hold you as it lifts you away from all you've ever known. To know inside that you're heading where you're meant to go—even if you've never been there before. And that 'I hope so' will be enough to get you there.

Fifth graders are independent, have a great sense of humor, and are wonderful problem solvers. They are compassionate and care deeply about things.

Giving up and letting go are too very different things, Lily. Giving up is admitting you're beat and walking away. Letting go means you're setting something free. You're releasing something that's been keeping you stuck. That takes faith and more than a little courage" -Pepere

I was feeling a bit scared, and I realized something. To do brave things, you don't have to be hugely brave. You only have to be a little bit braver than you are scared." -Lily

Maybe when we see things all the time, we stop really looking at them. And it takes an artist, someone who can look past the ordinariness, to remind us how special they really are" -Lily

Touch blue and your wish will come true.

Don't ever choose the people who don't matter over the ones that do.

Cathrine pretty today. I nod, yes it's a very pretty day. Jason touches my arm. Cathrine pretty.

When you say something stupid, gloss over it with superfast talking and maybe no one'll notice.

Sometimes people don't answer because they didn't hear you. Other times it's because they don't want to hear you.

If you can get people to care about the little things, they'll care about the big things, too.

One thing I know about being in a three-way friendship is that you'd better not let the other two spend too much time without you, or it turns into a two-way friendship, minus you.

It's a powerful thing to rescue something. It changes both of you.

What I love about art is that anything is possible. Bees can be pink. Trees can be purple. It's like taking the world as it is and then swirling it around to show how it could be" -Salma

It's scary to try something different when you don't know how it'll work out, but that's when the best things can happen. The things that surprise you and change you. Those things can make *you* different" -Salma

Yeah, but 'beyond reach' means you want to reach something. It's more than far away; there's an absence. Missing something you can't have.

All she had to do was tell the truth. This would be easy. I should've known, though. Real truth is never easy" -Lily

Oh, people will think what they think!...Don't ever choose the people who don't matter over the ones who do.