Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Quotes

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It's what they say to do when you're depressed, you know. Walk in someone else's shoes for a while, and your own won't feel so tight.

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
I also know that you can lie not only by what you say but what you don't say.

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Saying hello to something new means saying good-bye to something old and loved.

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One way to tell if you're really comfortable with a person is if you can be quiet together sometimes and not feel awkward. If you don't feel obligated to say something brilliant or funny or surprising or cool. You can just be together. You can just be.

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
There were so many of these moments that could never be captured accurately, even in the camcorder, only in the heart.

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Three Cs, I told myself. When you're not Comfortable with it, it's not a Compliment, it's Creepy.

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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 got here. But the good part is I saved Shiloh and opened my eyes some. Now that ain't bad for eleven.

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Since no one really knows what or who God is, or whether God is at all, why can't God be hope?

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Up here in the hills you hardly ever get down to business right off. First you say your howdys and then you talk about anything else but what you come for, and finally, when the mosquitoes start to bite, you say what's on your mind. But you always edge into it, not to offend.

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
When you've found the right one - when you see him, when you're with him - you'll feel like you're coming home.

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
We all have our own battles to fight, and sometimes we have to go it alone. I'm stronger than you think, you'd be surprised.

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor