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Top 20 Cynthia Rylant Quotes (2024 Update)

Cynthia Rylant Quote: “In November, the trees are standing all sticks and bones. Without their leaves, how lovely they are, spreading their arms like dancers. They know it is time to be still.”

1. “In November, the trees are standing all sticks and bones. Without their leaves, how lovely they are, spreading their arms like dancers. They know it is time to be still.”

— Cynthia Rylant

Cynthia Rylant Quote: “I learned to write from authors. I didn’t know any, but I read their books.”

2. “I learned to write from authors. I didn’t know any, but I read their books.”

— Cynthia Rylant

Cynthia Rylant Quote: “It is when we are most lost that we sometimes find our truest friends.”

3. “It is when we are most lost that we sometimes find our truest friends.”

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Cynthia Rylant Quote: “I am so grateful to be a writer. I hope every child grows up and finds something to do that will seem important and that will seem precious. Happy living and, especially, happy playing.”

4. “I am so grateful to be a writer. I hope every child grows up and finds something to do that will seem important and that will seem precious. Happy living and, especially, happy playing.”

— Cynthia Rylant

Cynthia Rylant Quote: “God turns clouds inside out to make fluffy beds for the dogs in Dog Heaven, and when they are tired from running and barking and eating ham-sandwich biscuits, the dogs find a cloud bed for sleeping. God watches over each one of them. And there are no bad dreams.”

5. “God turns clouds inside out to make fluffy beds for the dogs in Dog Heaven, and when they are tired from running and barking and eating ham-sandwich biscuits, the dogs find a cloud bed for sleeping. God watches over each one of them. And there are no bad dreams.”

— Cynthia Rylant

Cynthia Rylant Quote: “In November, the earth is growing quiet. It is making its bed, a winter bed for flowers and small creatures. The bed is white and silent, and much life can hide beneath its blankets.”

6. “In November, the earth is growing quiet. It is making its bed, a winter bed for flowers and small creatures. The bed is white and silent, and much life can hide beneath its blankets.”

— Cynthia Rylant

Cynthia Rylant Quote: “But those with an evil heart seem to have a talent for destroying anything beautiful which is about to bloom.”

7. “But those with an evil heart seem to have a talent for destroying anything beautiful which is about to bloom.”

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Cynthia Rylant Quote: “Every person is able to add beauty, whether by growing flowers, or singing, or cooking luscious meals, or raising sweet pets. Every part of life can be art.”

8. “Every person is able to add beauty, whether by growing flowers, or singing, or cooking luscious meals, or raising sweet pets. Every part of life can be art.”

— Cynthia Rylant

Cynthia Rylant Quote: “Writing stories has given me the power to change things I could not change as a child. I can make boys into doctors. I can make fathers stop drinking. I can make mothers stay.”

9. “Writing stories has given me the power to change things I could not change as a child. I can make boys into doctors. I can make fathers stop drinking. I can make mothers stay.”

— Cynthia Rylant

Cynthia Rylant Quote: “I love being a writer because I want to leave something here on earth to make it better, prettier, stronger.”

10. “I love being a writer because I want to leave something here on earth to make it better, prettier, stronger.”

— Cynthia Rylant

Cynthia Rylant Quote: “When the wicked want to bring down the innocent, they aim for a loving heart.”

11. “When the wicked want to bring down the innocent, they aim for a loving heart.”

— Cynthia Rylant

Cynthia Rylant Quote: “It is odd how we sometimes deny ourselves the very pleasure we have longed for and which is finally within our reach.”

12. “It is odd how we sometimes deny ourselves the very pleasure we have longed for and which is finally within our reach.”

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Cynthia Rylant Quote: “It is a grace that comes, unexpected, after tragedy- this reminder that most hearts are good.”

13. “It is a grace that comes, unexpected, after tragedy- this reminder that most hearts are good.”

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Cynthia Rylant Quote: “In November, people are good to each other. They carry pies to each other’s homes and talk by crackling woodstoves, sipping mellow cider. They travel very far on a special November day just to share a meal with one another and to give thanks for their many blessings – for the food on their tables and the babies in their arms.”

14. “In November, people are good to each other. They carry pies to each other’s homes and talk by crackling woodstoves, sipping mellow cider. They travel very far on a special November day just to share a meal with one another and to give thanks for their many blessings – for the food on their tables and the babies in their arms.”

— Cynthia Rylant

Cynthia Rylant Quote: “In November, some birds move away and some birds stay. The air is full of good-byes and well-wishes. The birds who are leaving look very serious. No silly spring chirping now. They have long journeys and must watch where they are going. The staying birds are serious, too, for cold times lie ahead. Hard times. All berries will be treasures.”

15. “In November, some birds move away and some birds stay. The air is full of good-byes and well-wishes. The birds who are leaving look very serious. No silly spring chirping now. They have long journeys and must watch where they are going. The staying birds are serious, too, for cold times lie ahead. Hard times. All berries will be treasures.”

— Cynthia Rylant

Cynthia Rylant Quote: “In November, the smell of food is different. It is an orange smell. A squash and pumpkin smell. It tastes like cinnamon and can fill up a house in the morning, can pull everyone from bed in a fog. Food is better in November than any other time of the year.”

16. “In November, the smell of food is different. It is an orange smell. A squash and pumpkin smell. It tastes like cinnamon and can fill up a house in the morning, can pull everyone from bed in a fog. Food is better in November than any other time of the year.”

— Cynthia Rylant

Cynthia Rylant Quote: “Drop some of them bricks you keep hauling around with you. Life just ain’t that heavy.”

17. “Drop some of them bricks you keep hauling around with you. Life just ain’t that heavy.”

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Cynthia Rylant Quote: “But what is it that makes a person want to stay here on this earth anyway, and go on suffering the most awful pain just for the sake of getting to stay? I used to think it was because people fear death. But now I think it is because people can’t bear saying goodbye.”

18. “But what is it that makes a person want to stay here on this earth anyway, and go on suffering the most awful pain just for the sake of getting to stay? I used to think it was because people fear death. But now I think it is because people can’t bear saying goodbye.”

— Cynthia Rylant

Cynthia Rylant Quote: “Rain could show up at your door and teach you how to dance.”

19. “Rain could show up at your door and teach you how to dance.”

— Cynthia Rylant

Cynthia Rylant Quote: “The war was just a mile or so away, and I wondered at my simply walking to it, as I might walk to the market or to school. Today I will walk to the war.”

20. “The war was just a mile or so away, and I wondered at my simply walking to it, as I might walk to the market or to school. Today I will walk to the war.”

— Cynthia Rylant

Cynthia Rylant Quote: “That’s got to be at least one of the benefits of heaven – never having to act normal again.”

21. “That’s got to be at least one of the benefits of heaven – never having to act normal again.”

— Cynthia Rylant

Cynthia Rylant Quote: “Sometimes a person really must choose between two good things. Two good things, thought Flora. I would choose the thing that involved a cat.”

22. “Sometimes a person really must choose between two good things. Two good things, thought Flora. I would choose the thing that involved a cat.”

— Cynthia Rylant

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