The Wake Up Quotes

“Until you get it that he’s only what his experience has shaped him to be, you’re seeing him as subhuman. As ‘other’ somehow. And the danger in the meantime is that he’ll see that. He’ll know how you view him. When you see a child as ‘less than,’ it’s not long before self-fulfilling prophecy comes into play.”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, The Wake Up

“Elizabeth”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, The Wake Up

“Are you doing what your heart says to do?”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, The Wake Up

“The things you have to do to handle them. The tagging and roping and throwing them down and castrating them. And then knowing you’re sending them off to be slaughtered. I just suddenly didn’t have the heart for it anymore.”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, The Wake Up

“More things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in our philosophies.”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, The Wake Up

“Human nature. After something works out, we forget the frustration of the steps we took in getting there.”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, The Wake Up

“Milo”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, The Wake Up

“We couldn’t do as much harm if people could feel what they were doing.”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, The Wake Up

“Aiden felt the animal’s fear like a knife wound.”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, The Wake Up

“Until you get it that’s he’s only what his experience has shaped him to be, you’re seeing him as subhuman. As ‘other’ somehow. And the danger in the meantime is that he’ll see that. He’ll know how you view him. When you see a child as ‘less than,’ it’s not long before self-fulfilling prophecy comes into play.”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, The Wake Up

“You hope for the best for your kids. You want them to be happy, and you want to feel close to them and help them. So when you see them moving in what you think is a good direction, or think you see it, you hope. You hope wildly. And, as a result, having a child tends to mean getting your heart broken on a regular basis. It takes courage to hope for something you know you might not get. But the alternative is not to believe in your child or hope for great things for him. So I’m a big fan of the heartbreak method myself.”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, The Wake Up