Irene Hunt Quotes

• 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.

  Irene Hunt

  Rip, Two, Numbers

  Irene Hunt (2005). “Up a Road Slowly”, p.29, Penguin

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

  Irene Hunt

  Music, Hard Times, People

  Irene Hunt (2002). “No Promises in the Wind (DIGEST)”, p.17, Penguin

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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

  Beautiful, Morning, Heart

  Irene Hunt (2005). “Up a Road Slowly”, p.89, Penguin

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• I don't know if anyone ever 'wins' a war.

  Irene Hunt

  War, Winning, Knows

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• Children are not created fully equipped with such values as courage, compassion, integrity, and insights into the motives and needs of themselves and of others.

  Irene Hunt

  Children, Integrity, Compassion

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• Beautiful hours move so quickly.

  Irene Hunt

  Beautiful, Moving, Hours

  Irene Hunt (2005). “Up a Road Slowly”, p.113, Penguin

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

  Irene Hunt

  Giving, Shadow, Shapes

  Irene Hunt (2002). “Across Five Aprils”, p.67, Penguin

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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.

  Irene Hunt

  Beautiful, Country, Crazy

  Irene Hunt (2005). “Up a Road Slowly”, p.96, Penguin

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