They say that to be a writer you must first have an unhappy childhood. I don't know if unhappiness is necessary, but I think maybe some children who have suffered a loss too great for words grow up into writers who are always trying to find those words, trying to find a meaning for the way they have lived
Cynthia RylantBut those with an evil heart seem to have a talent for destroying anything beautiful which is about to bloom.
Cynthia RylantIt is odd how we sometimes deny ourselves the very pleasure we have longed for and which is finally within our reach.
Cynthia Rylant