Susan Wiggs Quotes

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• There is something about losing your mother that is permanent and inexpressable - a wound that will never quite heal.

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  Mother, Loss, Never Quit

  Susan Wiggs (2011). “The Goodbye Quilt”, p.162, MIRA

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• Insults sting but a little when they stem from a man's ignorance.

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  Ignorance, Men, Littles

  Susan Wiggs (2012). “At the King's Command”, p.168, Harlequin

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• Fear and love were sometimes the same thing both necessary unavoidable. Now she understood that it was okay to bleed if you know how to heal.

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  Fear, And Love, Sometimes

  Susan Wiggs (2001). “The you I never knew”

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• At the centre of every fairy tale lay a truth that gave the story its power

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  Stories, Fairy Tale, Tales

  Susan Wiggs (2001). “The you I never knew”

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• You're never alone when you're reading a book.

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  Inspirational, Book, Reading

  Susan Wiggs (2013). “The Drifter”, p.46, Harlequin

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• Tell the story that's in your heart, and don't hold back. Write a book the reader will want to melt into.

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  Book, Writing, Heart

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• Teachers are by nature idealists, and they believe anything can be learned.

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  Teacher, Believe, Idealist

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• Everybody's in love when they're eighteen. And everybody gets dumped.

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  Eighteen, Dumped

  Susan Wiggs (2015). “Summer by the Sea”, p.33, MIRA

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• Here's the thing about broken hearts. You can always survive them. Always. No matter how deep the hurt, the capacity to heal and move on is even stronger.

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  Hurt, Moving, Heart

  Susan Wiggs (2016). “Summer at Willow Lake”, p.41, MIRA

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• When you're with the person you love, you're home.

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  Love You, Home, Persons

  Susan Wiggs (2012). “The Winter Lodge: Lakeshore Chronicles”, p.317, Harlequin

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• Writing is a struggle no matter what the genre.

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  Struggle, Writing, Matter

  "PW Talks with Susan Wiggs". Interview with Suzanne Fox, www.publishersweekly.com. January 28, 2002.

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• What's difficult to understand about German opera? It's always the same. Boy meets girl, boy falls in love, girl gets devoured by horrible winged creature with claws.

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  Girl, Falling In Love, Boys

  Susan Wiggs (2016). “Susan Wiggs The Calhoun Chronicles Books 4-5: Enchanted Afternoon\A Summer Affair”, p.61, MIRA

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• Unexpected change is like a breath of fresh air -- a little brisk at first, but magic for the body and soul.

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  Air, Soul, Magic

  Susan Wiggs (2013). “Just Breathe”, p.515, MIRA

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• The human heart was such a complex organ, fragile and sturdy all at once.

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  Heart, Sturdy, Organs

  Susan Wiggs (2008). “Just Breathe”, p.467, MIRA

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• I love my life, my family and my friends, and I'm drawn to 'relationship' novels because of their affirming focus on the power of love to heal wounds and transform lives.

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  Love Of My Life, Focus, I Love My Life

  Interview with Suzanne Fox, www.publishersweekly.com. January 28, 2002.

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• I never felt I was incapable of succeeding because I felt confident I could always learn what I needed to know.

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  Succeed, Needed, Incapable

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• There's a kind of love that has the power to save you, to get you through life. It's like breathing. You have to do it or you'll die. And when it's over, your soul starts to bleed. There's no pain in the world like it, I swear.

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  Pain, Breathing, Over You

  Susan Wiggs (2016). “Summer at Willow Lake”, p.42, MIRA

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• Talent is required, but much of writing is a matter of craft, which develops with time, attention, patience and practice, like playing an instrument or learning to dance.

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  Writing, Practice, Attention

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• My adult life has been a patchwork of projects, most of which were fleeting fancies of overreaching vision. I tend to seize on things, only to abandon them due to a lack of time, talent or inclination.

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  Vision, Fancy, Adults

  Susan Wiggs (2011). “The Goodbye Quilt”, p.9, MIRA

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• An event in the present evokes past sensations. But science couldn't explain how a foolish heart had the power to overrule common sense.

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  Heart, Past, Common Sense

  Susan Wiggs (2012). “Summer by the Sea”, p.176, Harlequin

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• It is a great virtue to be needed. Greater, even, than being liked

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  Virtue, Needed, Greater

  Susan Wiggs (2013). “The Drifter”, p.26, MIRA

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• Amaryllis in Blueberry is a rich, evocative story about an unusual family that will sweep readers away to another place and time. Amaryllis's voice is a spellbinding and unique blend of naivet and wisdom. A perfect melding of family saga, murder mystery and a meditation on faith, loyalty and love, this novel will both haunt and entertain you.

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  Loyalty, Unique, Voice

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• Kids aren't supposed to have to figure out how to be happy. They just are.

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  Kids, How To Be Happy, Figures

  Susan Wiggs (2012). “Summer at Willow Lake: Lakeshore Chronicles”, p.79, Harlequin

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• Scary thought - what if I get to know myself and I'm someone I don't want to be?

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  Scary, What If, Want

  Susan Wiggs (2011). “Home Before Dark”, p.413, Harlequin

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• I lived in upstate New York until I was ten years old and we moved overseas. I have a lot of nostalgic memories of that part of the world, and I love going back there by writing the Lakeshore books.

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  New York, Memories, Book

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