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
stones today ends
I keep telling you the future isn't set in stone. It's not all decided yet. The future is just what's down the road we decided to walk on today. You can change roads anytime. And that changes where you end up.
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)
nice want looks
Love always looks nice. I don't really know anyone who doesn't enjoy it when they see it. Anyone who doesn't, I don't really want to know them.
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.
kindness way acts-of-kindness
There is no wrong way to perform an act of kindness.
business public reactive reader statements thinks
As authors, we all have to learn not to be reactive to public statements about our books. It's really not our business what each reader thinks of them.
calling decided missed sometime
Sometime around 2006, I decided I had missed my true calling as a young adult author.
january publishing since
I really only have been seriously writing, finishing things and publishing things since January '91.