42 Quotes by Cynthia Lord

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.

No toys in the fish tank.

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.

When someone is upset, it’s not a good time to bring up your own problems.

It must take some courage to fly, to trust the wind to hold you as it lifts you away from all you’ve ever known. To know inside that you’re heading where you’re meant to go – even if you’ve never been there before. And that ‘I hope so’ will be enough to get you there.

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.

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.

I was feeling a bit scared, and I realized something. To do brave things, you don’t have to be hugely brave. You only have to be a little bit braver than you are scared.” -Lily.

If you say something over and over and over, maybe they’ll give in to shut you up.