Rebecca Stead

Nice tights," I snorted. Or I tried to snort, anyway. I'm not exactly sure how, though people in books are always doing…

— Rebecca Stead

Sometimes you never feel meaner than the moment you stop being mean. It's like how turning on a light makes you realize…

— Rebecca Stead

“Mom says each of us has a veil between ourselves and the rest of the world, like a bride wears on her…

— Rebecca Stead

Mom's always telling me to smile and hoping I'll turn into a smiley person, which, to be honest, is kind of annoying.

— Rebecca Stead

“I had watched them trade best friends, start wars, cry, trade back, make treaties, squeal and grab each other's arms in this…

— Rebecca Stead

“Sometimes you never feel meaner than the moment you stop being mean. It's like how turning on a light makes you realize…

— Rebecca Stead

I remember in junior high school, which is what we called it, suddenly I was looking at myself, almost through other people's…

— Rebecca Stead

I never write with any kind of message, and I don't think that this book, 'Goodbye, Stranger' has a message in the…

— Rebecca Stead

When something works for you, all you can do is cross your fingers and hope that it will work for someone else.

— Rebecca Stead

“Sometimes the truth is dramatic.”

— Rebecca Stead

“There are days when everything changes, and this was one of those days.”

— Rebecca Stead

If you took every tear cried by everyone on earth on one single day and put them in a container, how big…

— Rebecca Stead

Like when that man was running down Broadway stark naked and we all had to eat in the cafeteria while the police…

— Rebecca Stead

I like to talk about weirdness. We all have strange thoughts and ideas, and when you really trust someone you can express…

— Rebecca Stead

There's a great temptation to throw things in, as you put it, that you think are neat, or that you have a…

— Rebecca Stead

Life is a million different dots making one gigantic picture. And maybe the big picture is nice, maybe it's amazing, but if…

— Rebecca Stead

I feel like there are stages in many, many people's childhoods when you don't have one good friend. It can happen a…

— Rebecca Stead

I still think about the letter you asked me to write. It nags at me, even though you're gone and there's no…

— Rebecca Stead

I think I'm still fed by my childhood experience of reading, even though obviously I'm reading many books now and a lot…

— Rebecca Stead

“so mom got the postcard today”

— Rebecca Stead

Didn't you ever have a father yourself? You don't want him for a reason. You want him because he's your father.' So…

— Rebecca Stead

Boredom is what happens to people who have no control over their minds.

— Rebecca Stead

The truth is that I think that most people, and most people in this book, 'Goodbye, Stranger', are really doing their best…

— Rebecca Stead

“It's weird, because I know Mom is right about the big picture. But Dad is right too: Life is really just a…

— Rebecca Stead

“And when the veil lifts, we can see the world as it really is, just for those few seconds before it settles…

— Rebecca Stead