Rebecca Stead Quotes

Trying to forget really doesn't work. In fact, it's pretty much the same as remembering. But I tried to forget anyway, and to ignore the fact that I was remembering you all the time.

Pajamas are good for the soul.

Well, it's simple to love someone," she said. "But it's hard to know when you need to say it out loud.

The writing process is not just putting down one page after another-it's a lot of writing and then rewriting, restructuring the story, changing the way things come together.

She's called the secretary, but as far as I can tell she basically runs the school.

Sometimes you never feel meaner than the moment you stop being mean.

Einstein says common sense is just habit of thought. It's how we're used to thinking about things, but a lot of the time it just gets in the way.

Life is really just a bunch of nows, one after the other.

I love a book that makes me ask questions about what I think or how I see the world or how I feel, so I hope that 'Goodbye, Stranger' is that kind of book for some people.

When something works for you, all you can do is cross your fingers and hope that it will work for someone else.

I think if you can take something out and it doesn't change the book, it doesn't need to be there.

Nice tights," I snorted. Or I tried to snort, anyway. I'm not exactly sure how, though people in books are always doing it.

I don't know whether I could visit a new neighborhood now and have a kid's set of observations about a place. I no longer can really think like a child, though I can remember thinking like one.

When you trust your readers, you're hoping they will see what you see. Not every book is for every person.

I like to talk about weirdness. We all have strange thoughts and ideas, and when you really trust someone you can express them. And they can express them to you, and that's one of the joys of life.

I'm an old man, and she's gone now. So don't worry, okay?

Beautiful and fresh, Girl Saves Boy is full of the absolute truth-life is complicated. I could not put it down.

Many of the books on my list are, in my opinion, amazing. Some I didn't like. But I give them all five stars, because stars make people - including me -- happy.

Mom's always telling me to smile and hoping I'll turn into a smiley person, which, to be honest, is kind of annoying.

For me one of the most important things is not feeling like you have to protect yourself if you're with a real friend.

But every person has to learn to accept what has happened in the past. Without bitterness. Or there is no point in continuing with life.

Boredom is what happens to people who have no control over their minds.

I don't know. I just feel stuck, like I'm afraid to take any steps, in case they're the wrong ones.

I think that when you don't know, you should wait until you do.

We have lunch at ten-forty-five, ” Colin said. A stupidly early lunch. At our school, the older you get, the stupider your lunch period.

...if you smile for no reason at all you will actually start to feel happy

What's the burn scale?

And when the veil lifts, we can see the world as it really is, just for those few seconds before it settles down again. We see all the beauty, and cruelty, and sadness, and love.

Einstein says common sense is just habit of thought. It's how we're used to thinking about things, but a lot of the time it just gets in the way.' 'In the way of what?' 'In the way of what's true.

Well, it's simple to love someone, " she said. "But it's hard to know when you need to say it out loud.