Quotes by Joan Lowery Nixon

About Joan Lowery Nixon:

Joan Lowery Nixon was an American journalist and author, specializing in historical fiction and mysteries for children and young adults.
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To my way of thinking, the slavery issue is just an excuse to allow some people to do hateful things and feel righteous about it.

Joan Lowery Nixon

Virtual reality is a self-created form of chosen reality. Therefore it exists.

Joan Lowery Nixon

There's more to getting to where you're going then just knowing there's a road.

Joan Lowery Nixon

Life is not easy. We all have problems-even tragedies-to deal with, and luck has nothing to do with it. Bad luck is only the superstitious excuse for those who don't have the wit to deal with the problems of life.

Joan Lowery Nixon

Having a baby is part of a woman's life, and it is surely a great waste to be afraid of life.

Joan Lowery Nixon

Doesn´t matter who you are or what you believe. Everybody has a ghost story

Joan Lowery Nixon

Dates are convenient hooks on which we can hang our memories of events. But history is all about people - people like you and me who did things to change the world.

Joan Lowery Nixon

...each of us from the seance stood alone. Like so many pillars of salt, we had tried to look back and failed. And in the eyes of the others who shared the pale, flat sky with us, there was sometimes suspicion, sometimes a little fear.

Joan Lowery Nixon

Author Bio

  • NameJoan Lowery Nixon
  • DescriptionAmerican children's writer and journalist
  • BornFebruary 3, 1927
  • DiedJune 28, 2003
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Journalist