All Jennifer Chiaverini Quotes
- Anyone who works on a quilt, who devotes her time, energy, creativity, and passion to that art, learns to value the work of her hands.… Any
- Sometimes the most ordinary things are the ones we learn to miss the most. Learn
- People need stories...we use stories to teach, to learn, to make sense of the world around us. As long as we need stories, we will… Book
- What I would give, I thought, to have been present as Elizabeth Keckley measured Mary Lincoln for a new gown, to overhear their conversations on… Been
- Who said you had to fill his shoes? Wear your own shoes. They're bound to fit better. Walk your own path your own way and… Better
- Marvelously entertaining, Gabrielle Donnellys The Little Women Letters evokes the spirit of Louisa May Alcotts Little Women with warmth and affection. I thoroughly enjoyed every… Affection
- Deception by an omission of the truth is as bad as a lie. Bad
- Kate Forsyth’s Bitter Greens is an enthralling concoction of history and magic, an absorbing, richly detailed, and heart-wrenching reimagining of a timeless fairytale. Absorbing
- In my contemporary stories, I write about today's quilters, inventive techniques they use, and how technology has influenced their art. Novels set in the past… Art
- Mary Lincoln provided Elizabeth Keckley with opportunities for social and economic advancement she probably had never imagined during her years as a slave, while Elizabeth… Advancement
- When I was working on my first novel, 'The Quilter's Apprentice,' I knew I wanted to write about friendship, especially women's friendship and how women… Apprentice
- Elizabeth Keckley was a woman of remarkable strength, courage, perseverance, and dignity. She was exceptionally talented, but also very diligent and ambitious, and together those… Ambitious
- I wanted to write about women and their work, and about valuing the work we, as women, choose to do. Too many women I knew… Carried
- I've always wanted to be a writer. Ever since I learned to read, I've wanted to share stories with others the way my favorite writers… Always Wanted
- People who assume my books are only about quilts obviously haven't read them! I've always known that my books are about quilters - in other… Always Known
- Two quilters who have just met will be strangers only until their mutual passion for quilting is revealed. Then they can talk for hours like… Best
- For as long as I can remember, I've always been interested in issues of social justice, political freedom, and civil rights. Been
- Over the years, I've traveled to many places for inspiration and research, including Pennsylvania, Ohio, South Carolina, California, and Hawaii. California
- Beginning writers are often advised to 'write what you know,' and since I knew about quilters - their quirks, their inside jokes, their disputes and… Advised
- Anna, falling in love with you was like coming home to a place I didn't realize I'd been missing all my life. You're the only… Accepting