Cynthia Lord Quotes
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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.
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Good-bye isn't the worst thing in the world. Sometimes it's simply time to go.
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If you want to get away with something, don’t announce it first.
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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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Sometimes understanding comes in little drops and other times it rushes in like the tide, rolling everything over as it comes.
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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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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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When you say something stupid, gloss over it with superfast talking and maybe no one’ll notice.
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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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No toys in the fish tank
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Maybe it's kinder not to remember, because you don't have to grieve.
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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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Sometimes I can change how I feel about something by drawing it.
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Different can be good. It makes you pay attention -Dr. Katz
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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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...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.