People only tell lies when the truth is disagreeable to them, or frightens them, or to cover sin. Anne Perry More Quotes by Anne Perry More Quotes From Anne Perry To take for granted one's blessings is a damage to the soul, and in time one will lose them, simply from lack of care. One should never tire of nourishing and treasuring all that is lovely. Anne Perry soulblessinglove The men who cannot laugh at themselves frighten me even more than those who laugh at everything. Anne Perry laughingmen I think it's a terrible thing to write and not enjoy it. It's a sad thing. But of course a lot of people do work because they need to eat. And we all need to eat, but that's not the only reason to work. You couldn't have paid me not to write. Anne Perry writingpeoplethinking Maybe right and wrong did not move, but understanding of them did. The wrenching pain of walking the same path, even for a short space, tore away the willingness to judge. Anne Perry painspacemoving Too many women waste their lives grieving because they do not have something other people tell them they should want. Whether you are happy or not depends to some degree upon outsward circumstances, but mostly it depends how you choose to look at thing syourself, whether you measure what you have or what you have not. Anne Perry degreesgrievingpeople You start at the end, and then go back and write and go that way. Not everyone does, but I do. Some people just sit down at the page and start off. I start from what happened, including the why. Anne Perry doewritingpeople What do I believe? It has been a long journey of discovery. There have been hesitations and errors along the way, and no doubt will be more, because I am still learning, both about myself and about life. Anne Perry errorsjourneybelieve Mystery writers' conventions are usually good, and this one has been excellent and extremely well prepared and thought out in advance. A lot of people have given their time and their skill, and a good deal of wit, and Anchorage has made us extraordinarily welcome. Anne Perry anchorsskillspeople A good library can provide the furniture of our minds and the threads from which we weave our dreams. Anne Perry libraryminddream We all try to forget what hurts us, it is sometimes the only way we can continue. Anne Perry hurttryingway Be aware that you can truly help people only by aiding them to become what they are, not what you are. I have heard you say 'If I were you, I would do this, or that.' 'I' am never 'you'--and my solutions may not be yours. Anne Perry mayhelpingpeople The mountains are so beautiful they make me ache inside because the moment I look away I know I shall need to see them again. And I cannot spend the rest of my life standing on the spot starting at shifting sunlight and mist and shadows across the sea. Anne Perry shadowseabeautiful We believe world peace is inevitable. Anne Perry inevitablebelieveworld The great question, is there anything at all which is worth fighting such a war about, with the devastating loss it will bring? I believe yes, there are some freedoms which to sacrifice would be EVEN worse. Anne Perry losswarbelieve I wonder how often in the past I may have missed the good in people because I pre-judged, based on the differences? Anne Perry differencespeoplepast I am now working on the second WWI story and find the challenge marvelous. Anne Perry wwichallengesstories some kinds of beauty did not heal, but hollowed the pain even deeper. Anne Perry painkindbeauty ... She knew in her heart that to be without optimism, that core of reasonless hope in the spirit rather than the brain, was a fatal flaw, the seed of death. Anne Perry optimismbrainheart I believe in an individual soul which travels through eternity. This life is far from all there is--in fact, it is a minute part, simply an antechamber, a deciding place where we choose the light from the dark, where we come to know what we truly value. Anne Perry lightdarkbelieve The truth can be very sharp. But it makes a cleaner wound than lies. It will not fester Anne Perry cleanerswoundslying
