40 Quotes by Kirby Larson

Well, before writing became all-consuming, I was a quilter, like Hattie and Perilee. I don’t do that anymore, but I do knit, garden and watch the birds in my backyard. I also take lots of walks, do yoga and talk my husband into taking me out to dinner as often as possible.

It seems the misfortune of one can plow a deeper furrow in the heart than the misfortune of millions.

Character is everything, especially these days when that’s what publishers are asking for. Make sure that yours have child appeal. Also don’t have a huge cast of characters. One or two is best, four, the maximum.

Hon, when someone’s a true friend, there’s no need to miss ‘em.” She patted her chest. “’Cause they’re always right here.

Ted put a candy bar in his pocket. Then he wandered over to the freezer case, studying the choices before strolling out of the store. Mitsi hurried after him, barely able to breathe. When.

I think if you find your passion and you go with it you are rewarded.

The war was in Europe, not here. Why all this fuss about where someone was born? Wasn’t it where he lived – rather, how he lived – that counted?

Why couldn’t I be more like other girls my age? Take Mrs. Brown’s niece. She spent every waking hour sizing up this beau or that, stitching tea towels and petticoats and putting aside a little each month for a set of Spode Buttercup dishes.

I thought about all the fences that get built in this world – the ones that divide folks and tear them up, like the actions of the Kaiser and his henchmen, and the ones that bring folks closer together, like this stretch of fence Karl Mueller had build for me.