Cynthia Lord Quotes
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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
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If you want to get away with something, don’t announce it first.
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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.
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Mom says I have to deal with what is and not to get my hopes up, but how else can hopes go but up
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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.
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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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When you say something stupid, gloss over it with superfast talking and maybe no one’ll notice.
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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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Different can be good. It makes you pay attention -Dr. Katz
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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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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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"I wish everyone had the same chances," I say. "Because it stinks a big one that they don't." - Catherine
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Sometimes I can change how I feel about something by drawing it.
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...choosing words is harder than I thought.
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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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New friendships break pretty easily if something goes wrong at the beginning.