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Susanna Kearsley Quotes

Hope rarely enters into it. ‘Tis action moves the world Picture Quote #1

Writing is sometimes a balancing act between keeping things easily readable and being accurate Picture Quote #1

Such is the endless dilemma of dialect. Not every reader will ever agree with the way that I handle it, no matter how hard I work to keep everything readable. But again it’s that balance I have to maintain between keeping it easy and keeping it real, and I know that I’ll never please everyone Picture Quote #1

The recent controversy over the portrayal of Ken Taylor and his embassy staff in the movie ‘Argo’ brought home to me the great responsibility we writers have when telling stories that involve real people Picture Quote #1

Brantford was the fixed point of my universe, growing up. Both sets of grandparents lived there, with various cousins and uncles and aunts, and no matter how far we’d moved off, we came back there for regular visits. In a way no other houses have ever been, my grandparents’ houses were ‘home,’ and the sale of the last of those houses was hard Picture Quote #1

When I’m dealing with the 18th century, as I do in ‘The Firebird,’ the difficulty isn’t only finding what a woman did, it’s finding her at all. Most of the sources I’m dealing with - letters and memoirs and written reports of the day - have been written by men Picture Quote #1

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The best way to show an emotion is not through a character’s words, but their smallest expressions - to take what an actor would visually do and try putting that down on the page for the reader to ‘see.’ Picture Quote #1

I was born in the city of Brantford, Ontario, Canada - but by the time I’d left high school, I’d moved seven times with my family, my father’s engineering work taking us to places as far-flung as Bay City, Texas, and Wolnae-Ri in South Korea Picture Quote #1

It’s the pursuit of love and happiness that is the driving force of the romantic novel Picture Quote #1

One of the more interesting challenges I face when doing research for my novels is to trace the lives of women who are vital to the narrative and try my best to give them back their voices Picture Quote #1

I spent five years of my childhood in Port Elgin and came back to spend another five years of my young adulthood there as well, including the years in which I was first published Picture Quote #1

I can have my day carefully planned, but if someone wakes up with a cough or a sniffle, then everything changes. Thinking quickly and adapting without grumbling are essential skills to learn, in my opinion Picture Quote #1

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Readers in general are not fond of dialect, and I don’t blame them. I’ve read books myself that I’ve had to put down because sounding out every speech gave me a headache Picture Quote #1

I once walked through an exhibit in a large American museum that displayed First Nations artifacts in old dioramas, with mannequins that hadn’t been changed since the 19th century Picture Quote #1

Life is always uncertain,’he said with a shrug. ‘We cannot let the fear of what might happen stop us living as we choose Picture Quote #1

The world becomes a wider place, with but a little learning Picture Quote #1

Ye’ll never best your fears until ye face them Picture Quote #1

The past can teach us, nurture us, but it cannot sustain us. The essence of life is change, and we must move ever forward or the soul will wither and die Picture Quote #1

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If it is true that men have souls that do survive them, he went on, ignoring me, and if those souls are born again to life, you need not worry that my ghost will haunt you. I’ll haunt you in the flesh, instead Picture Quote #1

It’s too easy, you see, to get trapped in the past. The past is very seductive. People always talk about the mists of time, you know, but really it’s the present that’s in a mist, uncertain. The past is quite clear, and warm, and comforting. That’s why people often get stuck there Picture Quote #1

I believe there are no random meetings in our lives – that everyone we touch, who touches us, has been put in our path for a reason. The briefest encounter can open a door, or heal a wound, or close a circle that was started long before your birth Picture Quote #1

Tis never the place, but the people one shares it with who are the cause of our happiest memories Picture Quote #1

Men who watch, and say little, very often are much wiser than the men they serve Picture Quote #1

Knowing that the battle will not end the way he wishes does not make it any less worthwhile the fight Picture Quote #1

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When I meet a wind I cannot fight, I can do naught but set my sails to let it take me where it will Picture Quote #1

.. the fields might fall to fallow and the birds might stop their song awhile; the growing things might die and lie in silence under snow, while through it all the cold sea wore its face of storms and death and sunken hopes... and yet unseen beneath the waves a warmer current ran that, in its time, would bring the spring Picture Quote #1

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Hope rarely enters into it. ‘Tis action moves the world (Susanna Kearsley Quotes) Writing is sometimes a balancing act between keeping things easily readable and being accurate (Susanna Kearsley Quotes) Such is the endless dilemma of dialect. Not every reader will ever agree with the way that I handle it, no matter how hard I work to keep everything readable. But again it’s that balance I have to maintain between keeping it easy and keeping it real, and I know that I’ll never please everyone. (Susanna Kearsley Quotes) The recent controversy over the portrayal of Ken Taylor and his embassy staff in the movie ‘Argo’ brought home to me the great responsibility we writers have when telling stories that involve real people. (Susanna Kearsley Quotes) Brantford was the fixed point of my universe, growing up. Both sets of grandparents lived there, with various cousins and uncles and aunts, and no matter how far we’d moved off, we came back there for regular visits. In a way no other houses have ever been, my grandparents’ houses were ‘home,’ and the sale of the last of those houses was hard. (Susanna Kearsley Quotes) When I’m dealing with the 18th century, as I do in ‘The Firebird,’ the difficulty isn’t only finding what a woman did, it’s finding her at all. Most of the sources I’m dealing with - letters and memoirs and written reports of the day - have been written by men. (Susanna Kearsley Quotes) The best way to show an emotion is not through a character’s words, but their smallest expressions - to take what an actor would visually do and try putting that down on the page for the reader to ‘see.’ (Susanna Kearsley Quotes) I was born in the city of Brantford, Ontario, Canada - but by the time I’d left high school, I’d moved seven times with my family, my father’s engineering work taking us to places as far-flung as Bay City, Texas, and Wolnae-Ri in South Korea. (Susanna Kearsley Quotes) It’s the pursuit of love and happiness that is the driving force of the romantic novel (Susanna Kearsley Quotes) One of the more interesting challenges I face when doing research for my novels is to trace the lives of women who are vital to the narrative and try my best to give them back their voices. (Susanna Kearsley Quotes) I spent five years of my childhood in Port Elgin and came back to spend another five years of my young adulthood there as well, including the years in which I was first published. (Susanna Kearsley Quotes) I can have my day carefully planned, but if someone wakes up with a cough or a sniffle, then everything changes. Thinking quickly and adapting without grumbling are essential skills to learn, in my opinion. (Susanna Kearsley Quotes) Readers in general are not fond of dialect, and I don’t blame them. I’ve read books myself that I’ve had to put down because sounding out every speech gave me a headache. (Susanna Kearsley Quotes) I once walked through an exhibit in a large American museum that displayed First Nations artifacts in old dioramas, with mannequins that hadn’t been changed since the 19th century. (Susanna Kearsley Quotes) Life is always uncertain,’he said with a shrug. ‘We cannot let the fear of what might happen stop us living as we choose (Susanna Kearsley Quotes) The world becomes a wider place, with but a little learning (Susanna Kearsley Quotes) Ye’ll never best your fears until ye face them (Susanna Kearsley Quotes) The past can teach us, nurture us, but it cannot sustain us. The essence of life is change, and we must move ever forward or the soul will wither and die (Susanna Kearsley Quotes) If it is true that men have souls that do survive them, he went on, ignoring me, and if those souls are born again to life, you need not worry that my ghost will haunt you. I’ll haunt you in the flesh, instead (Susanna Kearsley Quotes) It’s too easy, you see, to get trapped in the past. The past is very seductive. People always talk about the mists of time, you know, but really it’s the present that’s in a mist, uncertain. The past is quite clear, and warm, and comforting. That’s why people often get stuck there (Susanna Kearsley Quotes) I believe there are no random meetings in our lives – that everyone we touch, who touches us, has been put in our path for a reason. The briefest encounter can open a door, or heal a wound, or close a circle that was started long before your birth (Susanna Kearsley Quotes) Tis never the place, but the people one shares it with who are the cause of our happiest memories (Susanna Kearsley Quotes) Men who watch, and say little, very often are much wiser than the men they serve (Susanna Kearsley Quotes) Knowing that the battle will not end the way he wishes does not make it any less worthwhile the fight (Susanna Kearsley Quotes) When I meet a wind I cannot fight, I can do naught but set my sails to let it take me where it will (Susanna Kearsley Quotes) .. the fields might fall to fallow and the birds might stop their song awhile; the growing things might die and lie in silence under snow, while through it all the cold sea wore its face of storms and death and sunken hopes... and yet unseen beneath the waves a warmer current ran that, in its time, would bring the spring (Susanna Kearsley Quotes)