“Everyone is smart in different ways. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life thinking that it’s stupid.”
―
Lynda Mullaly Hunt,
Fish In A Tree
“Well…alone is a way to be. It’s being by yourself with no one else around. And it can be good or bad. And it can be a choice…. But being lonely is never a choice. It’s not about who is with you or not. You can feel lonely when you are alone, but the worst kind of lonely is when you’re in a room full of people, but you’re still alone. Or you feel like you are anyway.” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Fish in a Tree
“Do you know what courage is? It's being afraid and doing it anyway.” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys
“But most of all, I'll remember how she loved me. I turn away, knowing that I might never get to see Julie Murphy again. But I will know her for the rest of my life.” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys
“You say that you'll grow up to be nobody. But logically.. if nobody's perfect... well then, you must be perfect.” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Fish in a Tree
“I guess sometimes you don't know what you want because you don't know it exists.” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys
“One thing's for sure. We're not gonna fit in, but we're gonna stand out" -Keisha” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Fish in a Tree
“An older brother is older. A big brother looks out for you and smiles when you walk into a room.” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Fish in a Tree
“I feel like the things I should say are the things I can't say. And the things I could say are the things I shouldn't say.” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys
“All these gifts you have, Carley. All these gifts you have." -pg. 157” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys
“maybe “I’m having trouble” is not the same as “I can’t.” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Fish In A Tree
“What letters do you see backward?” “Well, O, I, T, A, M, V, X, U . . . and some others.” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Fish In A Tree
“Great minds don't think alike.” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Fish in a Tree
“Sometimes I wonder. On the pathetic scale, where would I land? I know other kids my age would go to the mall if they cut school, but I'm off to the library.” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys
“You regret the things you don't do more than the things you do.” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys
“I believe that the things we put numbers on are not necessarily the things that count the most. you can't measure the stuff that makes us human.” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Fish in a Tree
“BE SOMEONE’S HERO” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys
“Alice in Wonderland - a book about living in a world where nothing makes sense made perfect sense to me" -Ally” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Fish in a Tree
“If you put off a vibe that you can handle yourself, other people will start treating you that way. Everything is attitude.” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys
“Well…alone is a way to be. It’s being by yourself with no one else around. And it can be good or bad. And it can be a choice…. But being lonely is never a choice. It’s not about who is with you or not. You can feel lonely when you are alone, but the worst kind of lonely is when you’re in a room full of people, but you’re still alone. Or you feel like you are anyway.” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Fish in a Tree
“Do you know what courage is? It's being afraid and doing it anyway.” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys
“But most of all, I'll remember how she loved me. I turn away, knowing that I might never get to see Julie Murphy again. But I will know her for the rest of my life.” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys
“You say that you'll grow up to be nobody. But logically.. if nobody's perfect... well then, you must be perfect.” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Fish in a Tree
“I guess sometimes you don't know what you want because you don't know it exists.” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys
“One thing's for sure. We're not gonna fit in, but we're gonna stand out" -Keisha” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Fish in a Tree
“An older brother is older. A big brother looks out for you and smiles when you walk into a room.” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Fish in a Tree
“I feel like the things I should say are the things I can't say. And the things I could say are the things I shouldn't say.” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys
“All these gifts you have, Carley. All these gifts you have." -pg. 157” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys
“maybe “I’m having trouble” is not the same as “I can’t.” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Fish In A Tree
“What letters do you see backward?” “Well, O, I, T, A, M, V, X, U . . . and some others.” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Fish In A Tree
“Great minds don't think alike.” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Fish in a Tree
“Sometimes I wonder. On the pathetic scale, where would I land? I know other kids my age would go to the mall if they cut school, but I'm off to the library.” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys
“You regret the things you don't do more than the things you do.” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys
“I believe that the things we put numbers on are not necessarily the things that count the most. you can't measure the stuff that makes us human.” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Fish in a Tree
“BE SOMEONE’S HERO” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys
“Alice in Wonderland - a book about living in a world where nothing makes sense made perfect sense to me" -Ally” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Fish in a Tree
“If you put off a vibe that you can handle yourself, other people will start treating you that way. Everything is attitude.” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys
