[On writing her first poem at age eight:] An ode to my dead mother and father, who were both alive and pretty pissed off. Judith Viorst More Quotes by Judith Viorst More Quotes From Judith Viorst Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces. Judith Viorst strengthfoodinspirational One advantage of marriage is that, when you fall out of love with him or he falls out of love with you, it keeps you together until you fall in again. Judith Viorst funny-valentines-daymarriagelove Close friends contribute to our personal growth. They also contribute to our personal pleasure, making the music sound sweeter, the wine taste richer, the laughter ring louder because they are there. Judith Viorst friendslaughterhappiness Lust is what keeps you wanting to do it even when you have no desire to be with each other. Love is what makes you want to be with each other even when you have no desire to do it. Judith Viorst lustloverelationship We lost not only through death, but also by leaving and being left, by changing and letting go and moving on. And our losses include not only our separations and departures from those we love, but our conscious and unconscious losses of romantic dreams, impossible expectations, illusions of freedom and power, illusions of safety -- and the loss of our own younger self, the self that thought it would always be unwrinkled and invulnerable and immortal. Judith Viorst dreamletting-gomoving I had it together on Sunday. By Monday at noon it had cracked. On Tuesday debris Was descending on me. And by Wednesday no part was intact. On Thursday I picked up some pieces. On Friday I picked up the rest. By Saturday, late, It was almost set straight. And on Sunday the world was impressed With how well I had got it together. Judith Viorst fridaysundaymonday When he is late for dinner and I know he must be either having an affair or lying dead in the street, I always hope he's dead. Judith Viorst dinnerwomenlying Growing up means letting go of the dearest megalomaniacal dreams of our childhood. Growing up means knowing they can't be fulfilled. Growing up means gaining the wisdom and the skills to get what we want within the limitations imposed by reality - a reality which consists of diminished powers, restricted freedoms and, with the people we love, imperfect connections. Judith Viorst growing-updreamletting-go READ! Books can be as delicious as hot-fudge sundaes, as funny as clowns, as exciting as a baseball game that's tied in the 9th inning, and as beautiful as the best sunset you ever saw. Judith Viorst baseballbeautifulbook My mom says I'm her sugarplum. Judith Viorst siblingmombaby I could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Judith Viorst bad-daymommother as we acquire new aches and new pains, our health care is, of necessity, being supplied by internists, cardiologists, dermatologists, podiatrists, urologists, periodontists, gynecologists and psychiatrists, from all of whom we want a second opinion. We want a second opinion that says, don't worry, you are going to live forever. Judith Viorst painhealthlife Love is when you realize that he's as sexy as Woody Allen, as smart as Jimmy Connors, as funny as Ralph Nader, as athletic as Henry Kissinger and nothing like Robert Redford - but you'll take him anyway. Judith Viorst smartsexylove-is Somewhere slightly before or after the close of our second decade, we reach a momentous milestone--childhood's end. We have left asafe place and can't go home again. We have moved into a world where life isn't fair, where life is rarely what it should be. Judith Viorst childhoodgrowing-uphome Recognize joy when it arrives in the plain brown wrappings of everyday life. Judith Viorst everydayjoylife Mid-grade readers don't have short attention spans, they just have low boredom tolerance. Judith Viorst boredomtoleranceattention We begin life with loss. We are cast from the womb without an apartment, a charge plate, a job or a car. We are sucking, sobbing, clinging, helpless babies. Judith Viorst lossbabyjobs For some it takes a lifetime to find true love, But for the lucky ones a lifetime is merely enough to share the love they've found. Judith Viorst greatest-loveluckylifetime I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there's gum in my hair and when I got out of bed this morning I tripped on the skateboard and by mistake I dropped my sweater in the sink while the water was running and I could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Judith Viorst mistakerunningmorning If we are the younger, we may envy the older. If we are the older, we may feel that the younger is always being indulged. In otherwords, no matter what position we hold in family order of birth, we can prove beyond a doubt that we're being gypped. Judith Viorst envydoubtorder
