Cynthia Lord > Quotes

“Some people think they know who you are, when really they don't.”
― Cynthia Lord, Rules

“Not everything worth keeping has to be useful.”
― Cynthia Lord, Rules

“Just this once, let it be easy.”
― Cynthia Lord, Rules

“I wish everyone had the same chances," I say. "Because it stinks a big one that they don't." - Catherine”
― Cynthia Lord, Rules

“Most people say if you tell a wish it won't come true. But I don't think wishes work like that. I don't believe there's some bad-tempered wish-fairy with a clipboard, checking off whether or not you've told...But it's a long shot I'll get my wish, so even if there is a fairy in charge of telling, it won't matter.

'I wish everyone had the same chances,' I say. 'Because it stinks a big one that they don't. What about you? What did you wish for?'

'Grape soda.'

I can't help smiling. 'You wished for grape soda?' He doesn't answer, and I pull my hand from my pocket. Taking one of his fluttering hands, I wrap his fingers tightly around a dollar. 'Wish granted, toad.'

He takes off running and Dad runs after him.

I close my eyes and make a new wish.

I wish the refreshment stand has grape soda.”
― Cynthia Lord, Rules

“Stay because you want to be here. Stay because we would miss you. And stay because you can belong in more than one place, and one of your places is with us.”
― Cynthia Lord, Touch Blue

“Sometimes people don't answer because they didn't hear you, Other times it's because they don't want to hear you!”
― Cynthia Lord, Rules

“...choosing words is harder than I thought.”
― Cynthia Lord, Rules

“Just because other people think something, that doesn't make it true.

Maybe there's some truth in that, but it's unsatisfying, bitter-tasting truth.”
― Cynthia Lord, Rules

“People say it's better to know the truth, but what if the ending's a bad one? Is it still better to know? Or is it kinder to keep that string of hope dangling? To believe that maybe if you just wait long enough, everything could still end the way you want.”
― Cynthia Lord, Touch Blue

“Why can't the world be simpler, like it is for guinea pigs? They only have a few rules: Crying will get you attention. If it fits in your mouth, it's food. Scream if you don't get your share.”
― Cynthia Lord, Rules

“It hurts how life goes on, unknowing.”
― Cynthia Lord, Rules

“No toys in the fish tank
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― Cynthia Lord, Rules

“Wishes are slippery things. You have to be very specific or you can get exactly what you wished for and still end up with nothing.”
― Cynthia Lord, Touch Blue

“It's easy to remember only the good parts of people if you never see them. Real people are much more complicated.”
― Cynthia Lord, Touch Blue

“Looking closer can make something beautiful”
― Cynthia Lord

“When someone is upset, it’s not a good time to bring up your own problems.”
― Cynthia Lord, Rules

“One problem with agreeing to keep a secret is that it always starts off feeling like an easy, little decision. But it doesn't stay easy or little. it sits there like one of those jagged ledges hiding under the surface of the ocean at high tide—quietly waiting to rip everything apart if you forget, for even a second, it's there.”
― Cynthia Lord, Touch Blue

“Sometimes I wish someone would invent a pill so David’d wake up one morning without autism, like someone waking from a long coma, and he’d say, “Jeez, Catherine, where have I been?”
― Cynthia Lord, Rules

“How else can hopes go but up?”
― Cynthia Lord, Rules

“It's hard to think of anything being gone forever. Most things that go come back again, even if they're a little different when they return. But not always, and when something has gone forever, it can hurt so much you start wondering if it would've been easier if you'd never had it at all.”
― Cynthia Lord, Half a Chance

“rules”
― Cynthia Lord, Rules

“Not everything worth keeping needs to be useful”
― Cynthia Lord, Rules

“Looking closer can make something beautiful.”
― Cynthia Lord, Rules

“Jason tilts his head toward me, his hand moving slyly across his book. Stupid. Speech. Woman.”
― Cynthia Lord

“At some point, you just have to choose. And then be brave enough to stand up to the people who think you made the wrong choice.”
― Cynthia Lord, Half a Chance

“Maybe it's kinder not to remember, because you don't have to grieve.”
― Cynthia Lord

“Good-bye isn't the worst thing in the world. Sometimes it's simply time to go.”
― Cynthia Lord, Half a Chance

“(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.”
― Cynthia Lord, Half a Chance

“Good things matter, even when they don't last forever.”
― Cynthia Lord, Half a Chance