Worthy Quotes

“Not a one of us can be everything somebody else wants us to be. Trouble comes when we try to pretend we can. Or when people see it like a betrayal. You know. That somebody won’t meet all their needs. My mom used to say it’s because we weren’t put here on earth to take care of each other. And that it’s silly to get mad at someone for letting you down when they’re just being who they are. She said it’s like getting mad at your dog for not being a cat.”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Worthy

“Maybe when you put tears away uncried, everything you cry about from that day on contains a little of those tears.”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Worthy

“Jody picked his way downhill along Highway 22, Worthy trotting along beside him on an improvised rope leash. Jody didn’t like the rope. It looked shabby, and the last thing he wanted was to mark the dog’s value that way.”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Worthy

“gaping open, panting. It looked like a toothy smile.”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Worthy

“The drinks were so perfect, so visually artistic. Virginia could honestly believe she would find her salvation in one.”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Worthy

“That’s the problem with people,” she said. “Not just you. All people. Not a one of us can be everything somebody else wants us to be. Trouble comes when we try to pretend we can. Or when people see it like a betrayal. You know. That somebody won’t meet all their needs. My mom used to say it’s because we weren’t put here on earth to take care of each other. And that it’s silly to get mad at someone for letting you down when they’re just being who they are. She said it’s like getting mad at your dog for not being a cat.”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Worthy

“Her brain was not speaking to her. Or maybe it was the other way around. But she could feel the disconnect—a no-man’s-land of blankness, like a moat hastily dug to foil an advancing enemy.”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Worthy

“But what’s the point of wishing you’re someone else entirely, when you know you never can or will be?”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Worthy

“She was the love of my life.’ But that’s too easy. Wait till you have to get right down to who’s gonna take out the trash on a night when the mercury dips into single digits. Once you get that worked out, I’ll believe you.”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Worthy

“We shouldn’t have stayed so long.” “Water under the bridge, Buddy Boy.” Buddy wondered why his father would bring up anything as scary as the river flowing under the railroad bridge. Especially at a time like this.”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Worthy

“we weren’t put here on earth to take care of each other. And that it’s silly to get mad at someone for letting you down when they’re just being who they are. She said it’s like getting mad at your dog for not being a cat.” Then”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Worthy

“Do you know that in France they take their dogs right into the restaurants with them? And last I heard, the French were not dropping like flies.”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Worthy

“It doesn’t help anybody to say, “I’m overwhelmed” or “I just can’t.” If you have to, then you just do. She”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Worthy

“Tears sprang to her eyes, and she didn’t know if they were for Lloyd or for Aaron. Or for herself. Or maybe tears don’t have anybody’s name on them. Maybe they’re just tears. “That’s”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Worthy

“though he should gather the silence into his arms and apologize to it. She”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Worthy

“Her brain was not speaking to her. Or maybe it was the other way around. But she could feel the disconnect—a no-man’s-land of blankness, like a moat hastily dug to foil an advancing enemy. And”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Worthy

“went by after”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Worthy

“stepped”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Worthy

“There was something peaceful about an untouched fall of snow. Like being in another world, where nothing can go wrong. Because nothing can find you.”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Worthy

“He wanted to explain that a scared part of him was still scared. That no matter how many times Dad explained that Buddy was safe, the scared part of him never heard, or never believed. But he had no idea how to frame such a thought with words.”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Worthy

“All he had to do was not look down. And yet he always looked down. Every time. The more he told himself not to look down, the more he looked. It was a key example of life running frustratingly out of his control. Even Buddy seemed to be outside Buddy’s sphere of influence.”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Worthy

“to”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Worthy

“Whether they admit it to you, whether they admit it to themselves, people know where they stand with each other. Virginia”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Worthy

“it’s silly to get mad at someone for letting you down when they’re just being who they are. She said it’s like getting mad at your dog for not being a cat.”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Worthy

“Nothing’s a onetime thing,” Fern said. “Not in relationships. Everything is the tip of the iceberg. Everything points to something much bigger floating down where you can’t see. If you see something rear its head once, expect to see it again. It’s like if you see a cockroach in your kitchen. And you don’t call the exterminator ’cause you figure it’s just that one, and how long can it live? Yeah, good luck with that.”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Worthy

“Maybe when you put tears away uncried, everything you cry about from that day on contains a little of those tears. Whether you wanted them released or not.”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Worthy

“This is why I hated The Bridges of Madison County. Hated it. Here these two had an affair for a couple of weeks, and then for the rest of forever they’re all ‘He was the one’ or ‘She was the love of my life.’ But that’s too easy. Wait till you have to get right down to who’s gonna take out the trash on a night when the mercury dips into single digits. Once you get that worked out, I’ll believe you. I really tried to stay off your back about it before this. You”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Worthy