"It's easy to remember only the good parts of people if you never see them. Real people are much more complicated."
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Cynthia Lord quotes
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"Looking closer can make something beautiful"
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"Not everything worth keeping has to be useful."
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"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."
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"Why can't the world be simpler, like it is for guinea pigs? They only have a few rules: Crying will get you attention. If it fits in your mouth, it's food. Scream if you don't get your share."
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"Sometimes people don't answer because they didn't hear you, Other times it's because they don't want to hear you!"
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"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."
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"...choosing words is harder than I thought."
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"Some people think they know who you are, when really they don't."
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"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."
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"I wish everyone had the same chances," I say. "Because it stinks a big one that they don't." - Catherine"
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"When someone is upset, it’s not a good time to bring up your own problems."
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"Stay because you want to be here. Stay because we would miss you. And stay because you can belong in more than one place, and one of your places is with us."
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"No toys in the fish tank"
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"Just this once, let it be easy."
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"It hurts how life goes on, unknowing."
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