Top 11 Quotes by Carolyn Hart

Don't we all look back in longing, those of us who had happy childhoods? Because the greatest loss we ever know is not the loss of family or place or money, it is the loss of innocence. There is forever a hollow place

Don't we all look back in longing, those of us who had happy childhoods? Because the greatest loss we ever know is not the loss of family or place or money, it is the loss of innocence. There is forever a hollow place in our hearts once we realize that darkness rings the campfire.

Carolyn Hart

Heart, Loss, Childhood

Words are, quite simply, weapons. How a person or an act or a thought looks depends entirely upon how - and by whom - it is described.

Carolyn Hart

Looks, Weapons, Persons

Carolyn Hart (2009). “Dead Man's Island”, p.57, Crimeline

Oh, the joys of baseball, manly men in tight pants.

Carolyn Hart

Baseball, Men, Joy

There's nothing quite so irritating to an author as a family member's easy confidence that, of course, the book will come.

Carolyn Hart

Book, Easy, Members

Carolyn Hart (2009). “Dead Man's Island”, p.318, Crimeline

An almost seismic sense of expectation emanates from a college campus. That is the true elixir of youth: the grand, the glorious, the magnificent hopes and dreams because all things - all things - are yet possible.

Carolyn Hart

Education, Dream, College

One of the fruits of longevity is establishing a reputation you may not deserve.

Carolyn Hart

May, Fruit, Reputation

Carolyn Hart (2009). “Dead Man's Island”, p.41, Crimeline

At this moment, somewhere in the world, children died of starvation, bombs exploded to maim and kill the innocent, hurricanes destroyed everything in their path, but the loveliness of this moment was as real as wars and plagues and heartbreak. Pleasure and beauty are as valid as pain and ugliness and when I am fortunate enough to enjoy the former, I do so.

Carolyn Hart

Pain, Children, Real

Los Angeles is a sprawl of broken dreams and lost opportunities, disconnected souls and entertainment junkies. The sunny skies and graceful palms don't redeem jammed roadways to nowhere.

Carolyn Hart

Dream, Opportunity, Sky

Carolyn Hart (2009). “Death in Lovers' Lane”, p.1, Harper Collins

All reporters have a stripe of irreverence in their mental makeup. It usually keeps them from turning into toadies, a danger for those who associate, even in an adversarial way, with the rich and powerful.

Carolyn Hart

Powerful, Makeup, Stripes