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61 " world as it is to show the beautiful ones. "
― Cynthia Lord , Half a Chance
62 " Mom says I have to deal with what is and not to get my hopes up, but how else can hopes go but up? "
― Cynthia Lord , Rules
63 " Dogs always forgive you when they know you're sorry. And so do star friends" -Lily "
― Cynthia Lord , A Handful of Stars
64 " Low tide smells mud-black and tangy, but high tide smells clean and salty. "
65 " At the beginning of summer it always feels like there's so much time ahead: whole empty calendar pages of sunshine, warm sea breezes, midnight thunderstorms, and running barefoot in the grass. Enough afternoons to do every single thing you wanted to do and even some days left over to do nothing at all.But somehow summer fills up and flies by" -Lily "
66 " I think art can take ordinary things and show them to you like it's the first time you've ever seen them. And you realize that even ordinary things aren't really ordinary at all" -Salma "
67 " farther, "
68 " Someday soon,” he says. “I promise. "
69 " Leaving out isn’t the same as lying. "
70 " Sometimes life is like a long road leading from one "if" to another. "
71 " Oh, people will think what they think!” Grandma Lilah said. “Don’t ever choose the people who don’t matter over the ones who do. "
72 " Good-bye isn’t the worst thing in the world. Sometimes it’s simply time to go. "
73 " Just because other people think something, that doesn’t make it true. "
74 " burp. "
75 " Don’t stand in front of the TV when other people are watching it. "
76 " Flush! "
77 " You can yell on a playground, but not during dinner. "
78 " If you want to get away from someone, check your watch and say, “Sorry, gotta go! "
79 " To do brave things you don't have to be hugely brave, you only have be a little bit braver than you are scared. "
80 " Giving up and letting go are two very different things. Giving up is admitting you're beat and walking away. Letting go means you're setting something free. You're releasing something that's been keeping you stuck. That takes faith and more than a little courage. "