Catherine Ryan Hyde
Catherine Ryan Hyde
Catherine Ryan Hydeis an American novelist and short story writer, with more recent forays and notable success in transitioning from traditional publication towards the world of eBook publication. Her novels have enjoyed bestseller status in both the U.S. and U.K., and her short stories have won many awards and honors. Her book Pay It Forward was adapted into a movie and her novel Electric God is currently in development...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
kissing thinking revolution
A kiss, she thinks, has to be entirely balanced -- it has to have a little conflict, a little dialectic, a little revolution.
real air heaven
The closer you get to heaven, the less air there is, because when you get to heaven for real, you don't need to breathe anymore.
beautiful world scar
Nobody said it was a beautiful world with no scars.
sex men trying
If you want to see a man come to his senses, try something like, Do you happen to carry a rubber in your wallet? Did I mention I'm not on the pill?
real filling-up talking
I decided that not talking is like a litmus test for a real friend. You can just sit there and be. Not always be filling up the air with words
easy hard
Things are so easy to do, so hard to undo.
thinking
I think it's the things we don't talk about that make us old before out time.
kindness home cutting
A genuine act of kindness makes me feel like I really am where you cut underneath anything external, and you become what a human being can really be. It’s like coming home when you give kindness. Kindness changes us, as human beings,
giving-up people pay-it-forward
I guess it's hard for people who are so used to things the way they are - even if they're bad - to change. 'Cause they kind of give up. And when they do, everybody kind of loses.
heart should careful
We should all be much more careful with each other`s hearts.
thinking self views
Most people prefer to think that their resentment is entirely the fault of the person they resent, and that twisted logic seems to make sense in their minds. But it makes no sense to me at all... But it's a popular point of view. Probably because it's so much easier. It relieves you of the burden of any and all self-examination. (Nathan to Nat)
beautiful lonely waiting
... even though it was beautiful and comfortable, and even though it was the world, it was also a little bit boring. No, wait. Maybe boring isn’t the right word. What’s the word I’m wanting here? Lonely. That’s it. It was a little bit lonely.
together back-together ifs
If it takes you apart, that's not love. Love puts you back together.
world ingredients ordinary
Because it proves that you don't need much to change the entire world for the better. You can start with the most ordinary ingredients. You can start with the world you've got.