{"author":"Phyllis Reynolds Naylor","author_id":"Phyllis+Reynolds+Naylor","total_quotes":13,"quotes":[{"text":"Since no one really knows what or who God is, or whether God is at all, why can't God be hope?","author":"Phyllis Reynolds Naylor","tags":["life","religious"],"id":45079,"author_id":"Phyllis+Reynolds+Naylor"},{"text":"You don't have to be part of a couple to be happy, you know.","author":"Phyllis Reynolds Naylor","tags":["alone","contentment","couple","happiness","love","self-acceptance","self-esteem","single"],"id":79515,"author_id":"Phyllis+Reynolds+Naylor"},{"text":"But how did you know that it was Stacy?”“There wasn’t a green light flashing, that’s for sure,” he said. “Mostly, I felt I’d met a person I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. That I didn’t need to look any further.””“But how can you be sure?” I persisted.“You can’t. There’s not just one person in the world who’s your type. There’s a whole group with the same likes and dislikes. But you want to spend your whole life looking for all of them? You just feel that everything’s right. You’re at peace with yourself.","author":"Phyllis Reynolds Naylor","tags":["love","marriage","the-one","true-love"],"id":99099,"author_id":"Phyllis+Reynolds+Naylor"},{"text":"His face looked almost as gray as his suit, and the pouches beneath his eyes looked like little bags for holding all the sadness that his head couldn't hold.","author":"Phyllis Reynolds Naylor","tags":["bags","broken-hearted","funeral","grief","lonely","memorial","sadness","suit"],"id":121307,"author_id":"Phyllis+Reynolds+Naylor"},{"text":"Happiness is wanting what you have.","author":"Phyllis Reynolds Naylor","tags":["contentment","happiness","happy","joy","love","peace"],"id":247930,"author_id":"Phyllis+Reynolds+Naylor"},{"text":"We all have our own battles to fight, and sometimes we have to go it alone. I'm stronger than you think, you'd be surprised.","author":"Phyllis Reynolds Naylor","tags":["hardship","independence","patrick","strong"],"id":253286,"author_id":"Phyllis+Reynolds+Naylor"},{"text":"I used to think that when I grew up there wouldn't be so many rules. Back in elementary school there were rules about what entrance you used in the morning, what door you used going home, when you could talk in the library, how many paper towels you could use in the rest room, and how many drinks of water you could get during recess. And there was always somebody watching to make sure.What I'm finding out about growing older is that there are just as many rules about lots of things, but there's nobody watching.","author":"Phyllis Reynolds Naylor","tags":["children-s-books","growing-up","rules"],"id":261490,"author_id":"Phyllis+Reynolds+Naylor"},{"text":"I know, but if I feel this bad for Gramps, how am I going to feel when it’s Dad?” Tyler told me. “You’ll feel even worse, of course, but you’ll carry on, because happiness has a way of creeping in again. It really does,” I said.","author":"Phyllis Reynolds Naylor","tags":["optimism","strength-of-character"],"id":302074,"author_id":"Phyllis+Reynolds+Naylor"},{"text":"Well, the man who first translated the bible into English was burned at the stake, and they've been at it ever since. Must be all that adultery, murder and incest. But not to worry. It's back on the shelves.","author":"Phyllis Reynolds Naylor","tags":["banned-books","banned-books-week","books","censorship","freedom-to-read","ideas","intellectual-freedom"],"id":342905,"author_id":"Phyllis+Reynolds+Naylor"},{"text":"That's the unforgivable sin, you know.'What is?'Refusing to forgive someone.'Refusing to forgive someone is the unforgivable sin?' I asked incredulously.","author":"Phyllis Reynolds Naylor","tags":["forgiveness","humor","irony","sin"],"id":364758,"author_id":"Phyllis+Reynolds+Naylor"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":13,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}