152 Quotes by Susan Wiggs

Kids aren’t supposed to have to figure out how to be happy. They just are.

Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together. – Marilyn Monroe.

There were few forces greater than the power of a fourteen-year-old’s determination when she wanted something. A teenager would stop at nothing in order to get her way.

The pressure of his mouth eased. He drew away, holding her at arm’s length. He filled her vision, broad shoulders and shaggy head framed by the crags and cliffs of Connemara. He had a look of astonished delight on his face, while dangerous banked fires smoldered in his eyes. Still gripping her shoulders, he stepped back and said, “Look me in the eye, Caitlin MacBride, and tell me you’ve been kissed before.

Falling for him was too easy. Falling in general was easy. It was the landing you had to watch out for.

When tragedy strikes, I must remember to breathe until I get to the fun part again.

Insults sting but a little when they stem from a man’s ignorance.

I’ve always thought a quilt held together with a woman’s tears to be the strongest of all.

Thank you for all the Acts of Light which beautified a summer now passed to its reward. – letter from Emily Dickinson to Mrs. John Howard Sweetser.