Cynthia Lord Quotes
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When someone is upset, it’s not a good time to bring up your own problems.
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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.
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Oh, people will think what they think!...Don't ever choose the people who don't matter over the ones who do.
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Dogs always forgive you when they know you're sorry. And so do star friends -Lily
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Different can be good. It makes you pay attention -Dr. Katz
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If you say something over and over and over, maybe they’ll give in to shut you up.
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Looking closer can make something beautiful
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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
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If you can get people to care about the little things, they'll care about the big things, too.
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"I wish everyone had the same chances," I say. "Because it stinks a big one that they don't." - Catherine
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Don’t stand in front of the TV when other people are watching it.
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Maybe it's kinder not to remember, because you don't have to grieve.
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No toys in the fish tank
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It'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.
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New friendships break pretty easily if something goes wrong at the beginning.
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Looking at the poster, I thought, Maybe we can't solve every big problem, but we can try to solve the ones we can.
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...choosing words is harder than I thought.
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Sometimes I can change how I feel about something by drawing it.
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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
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Some people think they know who you are, when really they don't.