“I have cried over myself a hundred times this summer, she thought, I have wept over my big feet and my skinny legs and my nose, I have even cried over my stupid shoes, and now when I have true sadness there are no tears left.” LossGriefSadnessTearsSelf PityBrothers Book:The Summer of the Swans Source: The Summer of the Swans
“the real reason I had wanted to grow up, the main reason I had been willing to even consider becoming an adult, was so I could have as many pets as I wanted.” RealReasonWantedGrowsGrowing UpWillingBecomingAdultsPetBecoming An Adult Author:Betsy Byars
“I think how you look is the most important thing in the world. If you look cute, you are cute; if you look smart, you are smart, and if you don't look like anything, you aren't anything.” IfsThinkingWorldLooksImportantSmartImportant ThingsCute Book:Summer of the Swans, The (Puffin Modern Classics) Source: Summer of the Swans, The (Puffin Modern Classics)
“For me, reading books and writing them are tied together. The words of other writers teach me and refresh me and inspire me.” WritingBookTogetherReadingTeachInspireReading BooksTied Author:Betsy Byars
“Writing is like anything - baseball playing, piano playing, sewing, hammering nails. The more you work on it, the better you get. But it seems to take a longer time to get better at writing than hammering nails.” WritingSeemsBaseballPianoGet BetterNailsSewingPlaying PianoPiano Playing Author:Betsy Byars
“My own hobbies are rather quiet. I like to read and do needlework, and I love animals.” My OwnAnimalQuietHobbiesAnimal LoveNeedlework Author:Betsy Byars
“The people you don't know turn out to be exactly like the people you do know, same faults, same everything.” PeopleKnowsTurnsFaults Author:Betsy Byars
“When I type a title page, I hold it and I look at it and I think, I just need four thousand sentences to go with this and I’ll have a book.” ThinkingNeedsLooksBookFourTypeThousandPagesSentencesTitles Author:Betsy Byars