185 Quotes by Catherine Ryan Hyde

Jody picked his way downhill along Highway 22, Worthy trotting along beside him on an improvised rope leash. Jody didn’t like the rope. It looked shabby, and the last thing he wanted was to mark the dog’s value that way.

If you want to see a man come to his senses, try something like, Do you happen to carry a rubber in your wallet? Did I mention I’m not on the pill?

Why be given hours and days if all you want to do is make them go away again?

I wondered if my life would have turned out all differently if my hair had been blonde and baby-fine. If I’d been naturally pretty and tall like the ladies across the road.

If you think having and losing is so bad, try never having. Now that’s devastating.

The fact that you don’t grasp the meaning of something doesn’t mean it has none.

Life gives us nothing outright. It only lends. Nothing is ours to keep. Absolutely nothing. Not even our bodies, our brains.

I just think it’s odd how we parse out our empathy,” he said. “Why we only have empathy for those who remind us most of ourselves. I’m not saying I don’t understand it. Sure, it’s easy to have empathy for someone who’s just like us. It comes naturally. I just think it’s a shame we can’t take it a bit further. I can’t help wondering what the world would be like if our empathy muscle were a bit more developed.

You could do worse than to be amazed.