Touch Blue Quotes

“Stay because you want to be here. Stay because we would miss you. And stay because you can belong in more than one place, and one of your places is with us.”
― Cynthia Lord, Touch Blue

“People say it's better to know the truth, but what if the ending's a bad one? Is it still better to know? Or is it kinder to keep that string of hope dangling? To believe that maybe if you just wait long enough, everything could still end the way you want.”
― Cynthia Lord, Touch Blue

“Wishes are slippery things. You have to be very specific or you can get exactly what you wished for and still end up with nothing.”
― Cynthia Lord, Touch Blue

“It's easy to remember only the good parts of people if you never see them. Real people are much more complicated.”
― Cynthia Lord, Touch Blue

“One problem with agreeing to keep a secret is that it always starts off feeling like an easy, little decision. But it doesn't stay easy or little. it sits there like one of those jagged ledges hiding under the surface of the ocean at high tide—quietly waiting to rip everything apart if you forget, for even a second, it's there.”
― Cynthia Lord, Touch Blue