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Irene Hunt Quotes

It happens the world over - we love ourselves more than we do the one we say we love. We all want to be Number One, we've got to be Number One or nothing! We can't see that we could make ourselves loved and needed in

It happens the world over - we love ourselves more than we do the one we say we love. We all want to be Number One, we've got to be Number One or nothing! We can't see that we could make ourselves loved and needed in the Number Two, or Three, or Four spot. No sir, we've got to be Number One, and if we can't make it, we'll rip and tear at the loved one till we've ruined every smidgin of love that was ever there.

Rip, Two, Numbers

Irene Hunt (2005). “Up a Road Slowly”, p.29, Penguin

No matter how hard times are, people still want music.

Music, Hard Times, People

Irene Hunt (2002). “No Promises in the Wind (DIGEST)”, p.17, Penguin

Beautiful hours move so quickly.

Beautiful, Moving, Hours

Irene Hunt (2005). “Up a Road Slowly”, p.113, Penguin

I was especially perceptive to all things beautiful that morning-raspberries in blue china bowls were enough to make the heart sing.

Beautiful, Morning, Heart

Irene Hunt (2005). “Up a Road Slowly”, p.89, Penguin

I don't know if anyone ever 'wins' a war.

War, Winning, Knows

Children are not created fully equipped with such values as courage, compassion, integrity, and insights into the motives and needs of themselves and of others.

Children, Integrity, Compassion

We mustn’t give trouble a shape before it throws its shadow.

Giving, Shadow, Shapes

Irene Hunt (2002). “Across Five Aprils”, p.67, Penguin

That was the way it was that beautiful evening of cold November rain and muddy country roads and crazy windshield wipers. That was the moment of my greatest security and confidence; it was the time when I realized that love makes one a better person, a kinder gentler one.

Beautiful, Country, Crazy

Irene Hunt (2005). “Up a Road Slowly”, p.96, Penguin

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