Irene Hunt Quotes

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I was especially perceptive to all things beautiful that morning-raspberries in blue china bowls were enough to make the heart sing.

Irene Hunt

We mustn't give trouble a shape before it throws its shadow.

Irene Hunt

It happens the world over - we love ourselves more than we do the one we say we love. We all want to be Number One, we've got to be Number One or nothing! We can't see that we could make ourselves loved and needed in the Number Two, or Three, or Four spot. No sir, we've got to be Number One, and if we can't make it, we'll rip and tear at the loved one till we've ruined every smidgin of love that was ever there.

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That was the way it was that beautiful evening of cold November rain and muddy country roads and crazy windshield wipers. That was the moment of my greatest security and confidence; it was the time when I realized that love makes one a better person, a kinder gentler one.

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Autumn was blithely indifferent to the tumult in the land that year. Color splashed through the woods as if it had been thrown about by some madcap wastrel who spilled out, during the weeks of one brief autumn, beauty enough to last for years.

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No matter how hard times are, people still want music.

Irene Hunt

Irene Hunt

Irene Hunt

Born: May 8, 1902

Died: May 18, 2001 (aged 99)

Bio: Irene Hunt was an American children's writer known best for historical novels. She was a runner-up for the Newbery Medal for her first book, Across Five Aprils, and won the medal for her second, Up a Road Slowly.

Known for:

Across Five Aprils (1964)
The Lottery Rose (1976)
Up a Road Slowly (1966)
No Promises in the Wind (1970)
Trail of apple blossoms (1968)

Irene Hunt on Wikipedia

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