7 Quotes by Sue Merrell

Losing a mate to death is devastating but it's not a personal attack like divorce. When somebody you love stops loving you and walks away, it's an insult beyond comparison.

I don’t know what makes people start wanting each other any more than I know what makes it stop all of a sudden. I just know that when you lose it once, you’ll never take it for granted again

Christmas makes me schmaltzy. I'm proud to be level-headed, even a little tough most of the time. But once a year I like to believe that peace on earth may be possible and calories don't count.

Never trust a man who dresses too well or stays too clean. It ain't natural and whatever he's up to probably ain't legal.

Losing a mate to death is devastating but it’s not a personal attack like divorce. When somebody you love stops loving you and walks away, it’s an insult beyond comparison.

Reporters can’t douse flames or soothe burns. They have no control over the horrors they witness. But if they can overcome fear and physical obstacles and wrestle the monster to the page before the sun comes up, it’s a victory – not just for the newspaper staff but for all those sleeping soundly who will find the facts at their fingertips and all those victims whose suffering won’t go unnoticed.

If the phone rings... then you and I, greedy newshounds that we are, will jump up – even if it rings during the good part – and chase that perverse thrill of another big headline, another shocking story. We’ll shake our heads that it excites us so, but we will give up sleep, food and love for the story.