20 Quotes by Joan Lowery Nixon

Life is not easy. We all have problems-even tragedies-to deal with, and luck has nothing to do with it. Bad luck is only the superstitious excuse for those who don’t have the wit to deal with the problems of life.

Life isn’t measured in minutes, but in heartbeats.

Work extra hard on the beginning of your story, so it snares reader’s instantly. And know how you’re going to end your story before you start writing. Without a sense of direction, you can get lost in the middle.

There’s more to getting to where you’re going then just knowing there’s a road.

Dates are convenient hooks on which we can hang our memories of events. But history is all about people – people like you and me who did things to change the world.

Each of us from the seance stood alone. Like so many pillars of salt, we had tried to look back and failed. And in the eyes of the others who shared the pale, flat sky with us, there was sometimes suspicion, sometimes a little fear.

Having a baby is part of a woman’s life, and it is surely a great waste to be afraid of life.

In a mystery, you must play fair by giving all the clues, but disguise them by immediately distracting the reader with something else.

Don’t matter if you believe in them or not. If they’re there, they’re there,′ Mrs. Phipps said.