Quotes by Irene Hunt

About Irene Hunt:

Irene Hunt was an American children's writer known best for historical novels. She was a runner-up for the Newbery Medal for her first book, Across Five Aprils, and won the medal for her second, Up the Road Slowly. For her contribution as a children's writer she was U.S. nominee in 1974 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition available to creators of children's books.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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

Irene Hunt

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

Irene Hunt

Beautiful hours move so quickly.

Irene Hunt

I found lines that mirrored an ache and longing I had so often felt when the beauty around my woods cathedral was too intense, when the need to grasp and keep loveliness left me with a sense of desolate frustration.

Irene Hunt

On such a night,’ I thought, ‘were ill and good, Bright and unlovely; precious, tawdry, All mingled into one And pressed against my heart.

Irene Hunt

From my window I watched the full moon—a moon that reminded me of Brett—become shadowed, little by little until there was only a deep blackness in the woods at night. I would sit there wakeful, hour after hour, and wonder if this aching around my...

Irene Hunt

One never stops climbing, Julie, unless he wants to stop and vegetate. There’s always something just ahead.

Irene Hunt

that old Mrs. Bishop was lacking in the qualities that make a good mother. And saying it that way makes her sound a good deal better than she really was.

Irene Hunt

...I wondered why so much had been written about love's pain and so little about the glorious relief of being delivered from love's pain.

Irene Hunt

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...

Irene Hunt

Author Bio

  • NameIrene Hunt
  • DescriptionAmerican children's writer
  • BornMay 8, 1902
  • DiedMay 18, 2001
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Teacher