Irene Hunt

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

— Irene Hunt

That was the way it was that beautiful evening of cold November rain and muddy country roads and crazy windshield wipers. That…

— Irene Hunt

“I had sparkle that morning, sparkle that originated somewhere deep inside me and spread outward to my cheeks and eyes, even it…

— 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…

— Irene Hunt

It happens the world over - we love ourselves more than we do the one we say we love. We all want…

— 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…

— Irene Hunt

“Dear Julie: If I didn't feel that there is some good in your story, I wouldn't take the time to write a…

— 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

“that old Mrs. Bishop was lacking in the qualities that make a good mother. And saying it that way makes her sound…

— Irene Hunt

“I don’t know if anyone ever “wins” a war, Jeth.”

— Irene Hunt

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

— Irene Hunt

“We had good long talks about my writing in the days that followed. "Write of things you know, Julie; familiar, simple things…

— Irene Hunt

“Then a skeleton came out from among the trees. It was the skeleton of a Union soldier, though the uniform it wore…

— Irene Hunt

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

— Irene Hunt

“And then suddenly Danny's arms were around me, and his lips were on mine, and the crazy windshield wipers commenced singing our…

— Irene Hunt

I don't know if anyone ever 'wins' a war.

— Irene Hunt

“I found lines that mirrored an ache and longing I had so often felt when the beauty around my woods cathedral was…

— Irene Hunt

No matter how hard times are, people still want music.

— Irene Hunt

Beautiful hours move so quickly.

— Irene Hunt

Children are not created fully equipped with such values as courage, compassion, integrity, and insights into the motives and needs of themselves…

— Irene Hunt