Cynthia Rylant Quotes

15 quotes in 301 categories

• God turns clouds inside out to make fluffy beds for the dogs in Dog Heaven, and when they are tired from running and barking and…
• It is odd how we sometimes deny ourselves the very pleasure we have longed for and which is finally within our reach.
• They say that to be a writer you must first have an unhappy childhood. I don't know if unhappiness is necessary, but I think maybe…
• I learned to write from authors. I didn't know any, but I read their books.
• Every person is able to add beauty, whether by growing flowers, or singing, or cooking luscious meals, or raising sweet pets. Every part of life…
• I am so grateful to be a writer. I hope every child grows up and finds something to do that will seem important and that…
• I want to do something important in my life, and I think that adding beauty to the world with books... really is important.
• I love being a writer because I want to leave something here on earth to make it better, prettier, stronger.
• [May] understood people and she let them be whatever way they needed to be. She had faith in every single person she ever met, and…
• But I know now that you can't expect anything from anybody. If somebody loves you, it's because he wants to. And it's never because it's…
• And, finally, I know, too. That throwing away this mess doesn't mean I'm giving something up. Or losing something I can't get back. It's just…
• It is when we are most lost that we sometimes find our truest friends.
• When the wicked want to bring down the innocent, they aim for a loving heart.
• But those with an evil heart seem to have a talent for destroying anything beautiful which is about to bloom.
• But what is it that makes a person want to stay here on this earth anyway, and go on suffering the most awful pain just…

Browse Cynthia Rylant Quotes by Category