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> [The first four months of writing the book, my mental image is scratching with my hands through granite. My other image is pushing a train up the mountain, and it's icy, and I'm in bare feet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-higgins-clark/the-first-four-months-of-writing-the-book-my-mental-image-is/)

[Mary Higgins Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-higgins-clark/)

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## More by Mary Higgins Clark

> [The first four months of writing the book, my mental image is scratching with my hands through granite. My other image is pushing a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-higgins-clark/the-first-four-months-of-writing-the-book-my-mental-image-is/)

[Mary Higgins Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-higgins-clark/)

> [“Hello,” he said. “Tom?” A whoop of joy. “Alice, where are you? Are you all right?” “Never better, Tom. And you?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-higgins-clark/hello-he-said-tom-a-whoop-of-joy-alice-where-are-you-are-you-all/)

[Mary Higgins Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-higgins-clark/)

> [“Exposed to the world for what she was; numbed with worry and fear; trying to answer the question... The same question the police had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-higgins-clark/exposed-to-the-world-for-what-she-was-numbed-with-worry-and-fear/)

[Mary Higgins Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-higgins-clark/)

> [When a scientist's son or daughter becomes a scientist they'll say "Wonderful! Wonderful!" So, why, in the name of God, would a mother be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-higgins-clark/when-a-scientist-s-son-or-daughter-becomes-a-scientist-they-ll-say/)

[Mary Higgins Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-higgins-clark/)

> [Even though it was six o'clock, there was no sense of approaching dawn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-higgins-clark/even-though-it-was-six-o-clock-there-was-no-sense-of-approaching-dawn/)

[Mary Higgins Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-higgins-clark/)

> [“and beeping, obviously sure that I was either too stupid or too deaf to hear the racket.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-higgins-clark/and-beeping-obviously-sure-that-i-was-either-too-stupid-or-too-deaf/)

[Mary Higgins Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-higgins-clark/)

> [Approach your lives as if they were novels, with their own heroes, villains, red herrings, and triumphs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-higgins-clark/approach-your-lives-as-if-they-were-novels-with-their-own-heroes/)

[Mary Higgins Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-higgins-clark/)

> [Happines is like mercury. Hard to hold, and when we drop it, it shatters into a million pieces. Maybe the bravest of all are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-higgins-clark/happines-is-like-mercury-hard-to-hold-and-when-we-drop-it-it-shatters/)

[Mary Higgins Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-higgins-clark/)

> [“In her room death would come as a friend, a friend with cool gentle hands . . .”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-higgins-clark/in-her-room-death-would-come-as-a-friend-a-friend-with-cool-gentle/)

[Mary Higgins Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-higgins-clark/)

> [Funny, when you finally faced reality, it was amazing how clearly you could see things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-higgins-clark/funny-when-you-finally-faced-reality-it-was-amazing-how-clearly-you/)

[Mary Higgins Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-higgins-clark/)

> [live your life as if you may lose everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-higgins-clark/live-your-life-as-if-you-may-lose-everything/)

[Mary Higgins Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-higgins-clark/)

> [The truth is I hate cocktail parties when the only person I know is my supposed date, and he abandons me the minute we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-higgins-clark/the-truth-is-i-hate-cocktail-parties-when-the-only-person-i-know-is/)

[Mary Higgins Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-higgins-clark/)

> [It's funny how, even long after you've accepted the grief of losing someone you love and truly have gotten on with your life, every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-higgins-clark/it-s-funny-how-even-long-after-you-ve-accepted-the-grief-of-losing/)

[Mary Higgins Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-higgins-clark/)

> [“Never better, Tom. And you?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-higgins-clark/never-better-tom-and-you/)

[Mary Higgins Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-higgins-clark/)

> [I am a natural optimist but there were times when (it seemed like) I was doing nothing but adding up on the back of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-higgins-clark/i-am-a-natural-optimist-but-there-were-times-when-it-seemed-like-i/)

[Mary Higgins Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-higgins-clark/)

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