--- title: "4 Jody Shields Quotes - Famous Artist" description: "American artist, journalist, and author (born 1952)... Browse 4 Jody Shields quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-jody-shields-69405.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Jody Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-jody-shields-69405.jpg) # Jody Shields (1952) Artist **4** quotes in **23** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Jody Shields is an artist. ## Quick Facts About Jody Shields Born January 1, 1952 Profession Artist ## About Jody Shields American artist, journalist, and author (born 1952)... ## Quotes by Jody Shields > [“A midwife once told Erszébet of the üszögös gyermek, the stunted child, a premature fetus born alive, a scurrying spectral thing with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jody-shields/a-midwife-once-told-ersz-bet-of-the-sz-g-s-gyermek-the-stunted-child/) [Jody Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jody-shields/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c9/jody-shields-69405_children_a-midwife-once-told-ersz-bet-of-the-sz-g_847589.jpg) > [“The fig tree grows its flowers strangely inside out, concealed within the soft interior of the fruit. Erszébet imagines the fig's hidden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jody-shields/the-fig-tree-grows-its-flowers-strangely-inside-out-concealed-within/) [Jody Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jody-shields/) [Concealed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/concealed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/948/jody-shields-69405_concealed_the-fig-tree-grows-its-flowers-strangely_1723056.jpg) > [“She once told him about the mysterious trampled-down places found in fields, which the peasants superstitiously called werewolves' nests. Coming across one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jody-shields/she-once-told-him-about-the-mysterious-trampled-down-places-found-in/) [Jody Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jody-shields/) [Afternoon sun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afternoon-sun/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/233/jody-shields-69405_afternoon-sun_she-once-told-him-about-the-mysterious-t_2531445.jpg) > [“A child conceived on Christmas Eve is considered unlucky and will later resent his parents for their unholy transgression, their lack of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jody-shields/a-child-conceived-on-christmas-eve-is-considered-unlucky-and-will/) [Jody Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jody-shields/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d5/jody-shields-69405_children_a-child-conceived-on-christmas-eve-is-co_3182869.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jody-shields/#itemlist", "name": "Jody Shields Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“A midwife once told Erszébet of the üszögös gyermek, the stunted child, a premature fetus born alive, a scurrying spectral thing with a rat's feet and ears.Unless the stunted child is immediately destroyed, it will return to its mother's womb. 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