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> [“Sexually active? Sexually active ? Patrick and I hadn't even learned the fine points of kissing yet! I marched on down. 'For your information,' I said from the doorway, as both Dad and Lester jerked to attention, 'I am about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-reynolds-naylor/sexually-active-sexually-active-patrick-and-i-hadn-t-even-learned-the/)

[Phyllis Reynolds Naylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-reynolds-naylor/)

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## More by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

> [“Well, the man who first translated the bible into English was burned at the stake, and they've been at it ever since. Must be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-reynolds-naylor/well-the-man-who-first-translated-the-bible-into-english-was-burned/)

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> [“Sexually active? Sexually active ? Patrick and I hadn't even learned the fine points of kissing yet! I marched on down. 'For your information,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-reynolds-naylor/sexually-active-sexually-active-patrick-and-i-hadn-t-even-learned-the/)

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> [“Just that what happens today or next week or next year isn't necessarily the way things are always going to be. As soon as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-reynolds-naylor/just-that-what-happens-today-or-next-week-or-next-year-isn-t/)

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> [“Do we have a hand mirror?' I asked from the kitchen doorway. 'Never use one,' said Lester, examining the date on a carton of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-reynolds-naylor/do-we-have-a-hand-mirror-i-asked-from-the-kitchen-doorway-never-use/)

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> [It's all right to have secrets, ... as long as you don't have any secrets from yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-reynolds-naylor/it-s-all-right-to-have-secrets-as-long-as-you-don-t-have-any-secrets/)

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> [“Everything can change in an instant. Everything. And then there is only before and after.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-reynolds-naylor/everything-can-change-in-an-instant-everything-and-then-there-is-only/)

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> [We all have found ourselves in awkward, embarrassing situations, often brought on by ourselves - thinking we are saying something clever, for example, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-reynolds-naylor/we-all-have-found-ourselves-in-awkward-embarrassing-situations-often/)

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> [When you’ve found the right one - when you see him, when you’re with him - you’ll feel like you’re coming home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-reynolds-naylor/when-you-ve-found-the-right-one-when-you-see-him-when-you-re-with-him/)

[Phyllis Reynolds Naylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-reynolds-naylor/)

> [Once I have the idea for a story. I start collecting all kinds of helpful information and storing it in three-ring notebooks. For example,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-reynolds-naylor/once-i-have-the-idea-for-a-story-i-start-collecting-all-kinds-of/)

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> [Saying hello to something new means saying good-bye to something old and loved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-reynolds-naylor/saying-hello-to-something-new-means-saying-good-bye-to-something-old/)

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> [Writing, for me, is the best occupation I can think of, and there is nothing in the world I would rather do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-reynolds-naylor/writing-for-me-is-the-best-occupation-i-can-think-of-and-there-is/)

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> [I also know that you can lie not only by what you say but what you don't say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-reynolds-naylor/i-also-know-that-you-can-lie-not-only-by-what-you-say-but-what-you/)

[Phyllis Reynolds Naylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-reynolds-naylor/)

> [“If you are embarrassed about your sex, it must mean that you feel there is something demeaning or disgusting about being female. You are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-reynolds-naylor/if-you-are-embarrassed-about-your-sex-it-must-mean-that-you-feel/)

[Phyllis Reynolds Naylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-reynolds-naylor/)

> [“Patrick and I were about as different as two people could possibly be. Nothing embarrasses Patrick very much, and everything embarrasses me. Just being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-reynolds-naylor/patrick-and-i-were-about-as-different-as-two-people-could-possibly-be/)

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> […and I’m thinking how nothing is as simple as you guess-not right or wrong, not Judd Travers, not even me or this dog I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-reynolds-naylor/and-i-m-thinking-how-nothing-is-as-simple-as-you-guess-not-right-or/)

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