Lynnie V Quotes & Sayings

The emotional and rational networks battle not only over immediate moral decisions, but in another familiar situation as well: how we behave in time. — David Eagleman

The best thing to do with a bad smell is to get rid of it. — Carol Kendall

Learn to share the little you have with others especially those who in need. The power of giving. — Euginia Herlihy

Sometimes you have to make bold choices, creatively. I'm always in favor of that. — Todd Lieberman

The history of Israel and Judaism is the unfolding of the meaning of this story. It's retelling is never finished and will not be until the Kingdom. — Timothy Radcliffe

He says the pills he's got her on will keep her from sinking too low. How low is too low, Roy thinks, and when can you tell? — Alice Munro

Wow," said Adrian. He sat down on the bed and tested its bounciness, giving it a nod of approval. "This is amazing. What do you think, buttercup?"
"I have no words," I said honestly.
He patted the spot beside him. "Want to try it out? — Richelle Mead

He reflected that what is important is not things, but the meaning we give to things. Sooner or later death comes for everyone. More important than putting off death, is giving it a meaning. — Silvana De Mari

When change happened to an individual, it happened to everyone around her - sometimes in ways she wished for, though sometimes in ways she wished against
Lynnie p 228-229 — Rachel Simon

For everything in my life, I would ask, Why? Why didn't the Chinese lady have teeth? Probably it was because she didn't brush them enough. I asked myself why we had to move to Georgia. It was because my father needed to work at this hatchery so he could support us better. Why did I kind of like that boy? Because he was kind of cute. And why was Lynnie sick? Why? There was no answer to that. — Cynthia Kadohata

Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age. — Gore Vidal

On the issue of abortion, I'm ever on the fence, or, at most, an inch or two to either side. — Victoria Moran

And Lynnie understood. There were two kinds of hope: the kind you couldn't do anything about and the kind you could. And even if the kind you could do something about wasn't what you'd originally wanted, it was still worth doing. A rainy day is better than no day. A small happiness can make a big sadness less sad.
p 313
"The sky was crying outside, and as she watched the drops come down, she thought: A rainy day can actually be a very important day. And a small hope isn't really small if it makes a lost hope less sad."
p 318
Lynnie about the lost hope of finding Homan, the hope of seeing the lighthouse/connecting with her daughter and how selling her art work was doing something about it. — Rachel Simon

Usually while I lay in bed, I liked to think of new things I could do for Lynnie. Maybe I could let her try my pillow to see if she liked it better. Or I could bring her a new cracker she'd never tried. Or maybe I could even find a new book that she'd never heard of and read it to her, even though she had heard of every book in the world. That night I knew that nothing I could do would make her feel better. So I lay in bed and listened to her mournful noise and didn't feel love or hate or anger or anything at all except despair. — Cynthia Kadohata

If it works out, you're going to be working on this for 10 years. — Sam Altman

If you have a lane, you have a chance. — Mark Spitz

I was surprised that he was so muscular. I had always assumed he was eighty percent alcohol and twenty percent irritation. — Lynnie Purcell

I don't mind being distracted. I don't want to sit there in utter silence and type. If the phone rings, I usually answer it, speak for a few minutes and return to writing, or go for a walk in and out of the rooms. I don't mind a break. — Ruth Rendell

All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership. — Ann Landers

Lynn said, "The blue of the sky is one of the most special colors in the world, because the color is deep but see-through both at the same time. What did I just say?"
"The sky is special."
"The ocean is like that too, and people's eyes."
She turned her head toward me and waited. I said, "The ocean and people's eyes are special too."
That's how I learned about eyes, sky, and ocean: the three special, deep, colored, see-through things. I turned to Lynnie. Her eyes were deep and black, like mine. — Cynthia Kadohata