Lynette Mather > Lynette's Quotes

“We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print. It gave us more freedom.
We lived in the gaps between the stories.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

“Living Memory
I carry you with me into the world,
into the smell of rain
& the words that dance between people
& for me, it will always be this way,
walking in the light,
remembering being alive together”
― Brian Andreas

“You're so full of crap, you could pass for a toilet.”
― Kami Garcia, Beautiful Creatures

“I never loved you any more than I do, right this second. And I'll never love you any less than I do, right this second.”
― Kami Garcia, Beautiful Creatures

“A story has its purpose and its path. It must be told correctly for it to be understood.”
― Marcus Sedgwick

“The right thing and the easy thing are never the same.”
― Kami Garcia, Beautiful Creatures

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
― Dr. Seuss

“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”
― Dr. Seuss

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
― Dr. Seuss, I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss

“There's always a third choice in life. Even if you think you're stuck between two impossible choices, there's always a third way. You just have to look for it.”
― Marcus Sedgwick, Revolver

“What if the kid you bullied at school, grew up, and turned out to be the only surgeon who could save your life?”
― Lynette Mather

“We never know the journey another person has walked, so be kind to everyone.”
― Lynette Mather

“When a character comes to life, it’s like meeting a new friend for the first time.”
― Lynette Mather

“Once Kimmy and Bobby walked in Taco Bell they saw their two friends already sitting at the table, and Kimmy and Bobby ordered their food before they joined them.
“What’s up?” Manning asked.
“Not much, just hanging out,” Bobby answered.
“And of course the two of you are always hanging out,” Dave said, nodding toward Kimmy.
Kimmy smiled. “Of course we are always hanging out. That’s what you do when you’ve got a best friend, Dave. You’ll learn that maybe one day when you have a best friend.”
― Lynette Mather, Unspoken Secrets

“She is here amongst us, but she is not alone,” one of the pixie dust angels told the queen of the woods.

“And?” the queen demanded.

“She is with some boy. Both look strange, if you ask me.”

“Strange, how?” the queen asked.

“Strange. You know they don’t look as we do.”

“How do they look?” The queen turned and looked at the pixie angel with her purple eye that sat in the middle of her forehead.

“I don’t know. They have things like the little people in Vanduesa.”

“What things might you be referring to?” the queen’s voice rose impatiently.

“You know those things that the little people get around with.”

The queen laughed, revealing yellowing teeth. “Oh, the things the little people in Vanduesa refer to as legs.”

“That’s it.” The pixie angel did an excited flip, and then nodded her head.”
― Lynette Mather, Unspoken Secrets