Rylant Books Quotes & Sayings

I learned to write from authors. I didn't know any, but I read their books. — Cynthia Rylant

I'm Beginning To Wonder If It Would Have Been Best Had The South Won The Civil War. — Ted Nugent

It is very important for young people keep their sense of wonder and keep asking why. — Stephen Hawking

I had some things I had to fix. It took me 14 years to do it. But it was never really fun back in the day to work with directors who were a lot older and were like authoritarian and talking to you like that. — Mickey Rourke

I never struggled with trying to figure out what it was I wanted to do or what made the sparks go for me. — Scarlett Johansson

I want to do something important in my life, and I think that adding beauty to the world with books ... really is important. — Cynthia Rylant

And I love being a writer because I want to leave something here on earth to make it better, prettier, stronger. I want to do something important in my life, and I think that adding beauty to the world with books like The Relatives Came or Waiting to Waltz or Henry and Mudge and the Forever Sea really is important. Every person is able to add beauty, whether by growing flowers, or singing, or cooking luscious meals, or raising sweet pets. Every part of life can be art. I am so grateful to be a writer. I hope every child grows up and finds something to do that will seem important and that will seem precious. Happy living and, especially, happy playing. — Cynthia Rylant

There are new smells on the wind, the healthy scent of green and growing things, the way a summer day can smell, or a greenhouse, sugarsmooth aroma of budding trees and water flowing free across coarse and sparkling sand. — Caitlin R. Kiernan

I have had many opportunities to flee HK, but I would rather stay and fight the United States government in the courts, because I have faith in Hong Kong's rule of law. — Edward Snowden