Phyllis Reynolds Naylor famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I used to think that when I grew up there wouldn't be so many rules. Back in elementary school there were rules about what entrance you used in the morning, what door you used going home, when you could talk in the library, how many paper towels you could use in the rest room, and how many drinks of water you could get during recess. And there was always somebody watching to make sure. What I'm finding out about growing older is that there are just as many rules about lots of things, but there's nobody watching.
-- Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

#Morning #Home #School
â€¦and Iâ€™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 ainâ€™t bad for eleven.
-- Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

#Dog #Eye #Thinking
An idea in the head is like a rock in the shoe; I just can't wait to get it out.
-- Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

#Ideas #Rocks #Shoes
Once I have the idea for a story. I start collecting all kinds of helpful information and storing it in three-ring notebooks. For example, I may see a picture of a man in a magazine and say, 'That's exactly what the father in my book looks like!'...I save everything that will help--maps, articles, hand-jotted notes, bits of dialogue from conversations that I overhear.
-- Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

#Notebook #Father #Men
Writing, for me, is the best occupation I can think of, and there is nothing in the world I would rather do.
-- Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

#Writing #Thinking #Occupation
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

#Fighting #Thinking #Battle
If it doesn't sweat, jiggle, or pant, it's not alive.
-- Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

#Sweat #Alive
Happiness is wanting what you have.
-- 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

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

#Creepy #Three #Compliment
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

#Awkward #Together #Way
When youâ€™ve found the right one - when you see him, when youâ€™re with him - youâ€™ll feel like youâ€™re coming home.
-- Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

#Home #Like You #Found
You don't have to be part of a couple to be happy, you know.
-- Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

#Life #Couple
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

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

#Who God Is
Why is life so complicated....?' I asked. 'To keep us from being bored,' he said.
-- Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

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

#Mean #Bye #Saying Hello
The first draft is just a skeleton-just bare bones. It's like the very first rehearsal of a play, where the director moves the actors around mechanically to get a feel of the action.
-- Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

#Moving #Writing #Play

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