25 Quotes by Susan Wittig Albert

If I’d known how the week was going to turn out I would have sent it back first thing Monday and asked for a refund.

We’re not born to be ruthless, we women. But that’s what it takes to hit the hands on the gunwale with an oar until they let go.

Does that mean you’re prepared to deal with whatever turns up? People aren’t sometimes. When they learn the real truth, they’re all of a sudden content to live with a lie.

Music keeps time and defies time, simultaneously.

Writing isn’t magic, it’s work; earning a living as a writer means showing up at the typewriter every day, whether you feel like it or not.

Courage. Whatever the storm, we must remain invincible.

After a few months, I was no longer wildly romantic about him. But he gave me a warm place to park my heart while I went about my work.

Gratitude is the richest, most joyful feeling humans are privileged to experience.

Right after the war, in 1919, she’d been hired by the Red Cross Publicity Bureau. She was assigned to travel through devastated Europe and the Balkans and write newspaper articles that would persuade compassionate Americans to contribute to the rebuilding process – through the Red Cross, of course.