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…

- Cynthia Lord

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.

- Cynthia Lord

No toys in the fish tank

- Cynthia Lord

It's easy to remember only the good parts of people if you never see them. Real people are much more complicated.

- Cynthia Lord

Sometimes people don't answer because they didn't hear you, Other times it's because they don't want to hear you!

- Cynthia Lord

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…

- Cynthia Lord

I wish everyone had the same chances," I say. "Because it stinks a big one that they don't." - Catherine

- 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.

- Cynthia Lord

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 w…

- Cynthia Lord