Everybody Needs a Rock: Sherri Douglas

In Everybody Needs a Rock, Byrd Baylor provides ten rules for finding a rock:

"Not just any rock. I mean a special rock that you find yourself and keep as long as you can -- maybe forever. ...
    Don't get a rock that is too big. You'll always be sorry. It won't fit your hand right and it won't fit your pocket.
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    The size must be perfect. It has to feel easy in your hand when you close your fingers over it. It has to feel jumpy in your pocket when you run. Some people touch a rock a thousand times a day. There aren't many things that feel as good as a rock -- if the rock is perfect.
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    Don't ask anybody to help you choose. I've seen a lizard pick one rock out of a desert full of rocks and go sit there alone. I've seen a snail pass up twenty rocks and spend all day getting to the one it wanted. You have to make up your own mind. You'll know."