Top 10 Quotes by Ursula Hegi

That's the nature of being a parent, Sabine has discovered. You'll love your children far more than you ever loved your parents, and -- in the recognition that your own children cannot fathom the depth of your love --

That's the nature of being a parent, Sabine has discovered. You'll love your children far more than you ever loved your parents, and -- in the recognition that your own children cannot fathom the depth of your love -- you come to understand the tragic, unrequited love of your own parents.

Ursula Hegi

Children, Love You, Unrequited Love

The absence of doubt will turn humans into beasts.

Ursula Hegi

Doubt, Beast, Absence

Ursula Hegi (2012). “Children and Fire: A Novel”, p.249, Simon and Schuster

About endings....unless we do them well, we have to keep repeating them.

Ursula Hegi

Wells

Ursula Hegi (2011). “Stones from the River”, p.161, Simon and Schuster

In language that's lyrical and haunting, Cheryl Strayed writes about bliss and loss, about the kind of grace that startles and transforms us in ordinary moments.

Ursula Hegi

Writing, Loss, Grace

I like to keep myself wrapped in layers of sleep and wait for the geraniums.

Ursula Hegi

Sleep, Waiting, Layers

Ursula Hegi (2012). “Unearned Pleasures and Other Stories”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

I don't write for an audience. I write for myself. And if I imagine an audience at all, it's the characters, but I know that I would keep writing even if no one ever published me again, even if no one ever read me again.

Ursula Hegi

Writing, Character, Imagine

What the river was showing her now was that she could flow beyond the brokenness, redeem herself, and fuse once more.

Ursula Hegi

Rivers, Flow, Fuse

Ursula Hegi (2011). “Ursula Hegi The Burgdorf Cycle Boxed Set: Floating in My Mother's Palm, Stones from the River, The Vision of Emma Blau. Children and Fire”, p.675, Simon and Schuster

Some acts of faith, I believe, have the power to grant us something infinitely wiser than we imagine

Ursula Hegi

Believe, Imagine, Grants

Ursula Hegi (2011). “Ursula Hegi The Burgdorf Cycle Boxed Set: Floating in My Mother's Palm, Stones from the River, The Vision of Emma Blau. Children and Fire”, p.51, Simon and Schuster

A perfectly happy marriage? There is no such thing. There are strong marriages that can survive problems, but happiness is such a brief condition, interrupted by difficulties and plain, boring routine.

Ursula Hegi

Strong, Routine, Happy Marriage

Ursula Hegi (2012). “Intrusions”, p.208, Simon and Schuster