--- title: "4 Terry Kay Quotes - Famous Novelist (The year the lights came on: a novel)" description: "Terry Winter Kay was an American author, whose novels examined life in the American South. His most well-known book, To Dance with the White Dog, was ma..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b085/author-terry-kay-65884.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Terry Kay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b085/author-terry-kay-65884.jpg) # Terry Kay (1938–2020) Novelist United States **4** quotes in **35** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Terry Kay was a novelist from the United States, best known for *The year the lights came on: a novel*. ## Quick Facts About Terry Kay Born February 10, 1938 Died December 12, 2020 Nationality United States Profession Novelist Notable works The year the lights came on: a novel ## About Terry Kay Terry Winter Kay was an American author, whose novels examined life in the American South. His most well-known book, To Dance with the White Dog, was made into a Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie starring Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. Three of Kay's books became movies. ## Quotes by Terry Kay > [It is very painful to love someone and believe you cannot be with them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-kay/it-is-very-painful-to-love-someone-and-believe-you-cannot-be-with-them/) [Terry Kay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-kay/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49d/terry-kay-65884_believe_it-is-very-painful-to-love-someone-and-b_351824.png) > [One of the most enduring friendships in history - dogs and their people, people and their dogs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-kay/one-of-the-most-enduring-friendships-in-history-dogs-and-their-people/) [Terry Kay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-kay/) [Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b2/terry-kay-65884_animal_one-of-the-most-enduring-friendships-in_905917.png) > [Because of her, he had learned to look for the birds - the darting flight of wild canaries (yellow sun on yellow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-kay/because-of-her-he-had-learned-to-look-for-the-birds-the-darting/) [Terry Kay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-kay/) [Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da4/terry-kay-65884_bird_because-of-her-he-had-learned-to-look-fo_1069293.png) > [My wife of 57 years was buried today beside our son, who died in 1941 as a result of a truck accident…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-kay/my-wife-of-57-years-was-buried-today-beside-our-son-who-died-in-1941/) [Terry Kay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-kay/) [Accidents](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accidents/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5af/terry-kay-65884_accidents_my-wife-of-57-years-was-buried-today-bes_1424267.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-kay/#itemlist", "name": "Terry Kay Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is very painful to love someone and believe you cannot be with them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terry Kay" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-kay/it-is-very-painful-to-love-someone-and-believe-you-cannot-be-with-them/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49d/terry-kay-65884_believe_it-is-very-painful-to-love-someone-and-b_351824.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49d/terry-kay-65884_believe_it-is-very-painful-to-love-someone-and-b_351824.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49d/terry-kay-65884_believe_it-is-very-painful-to-love-someone-and-b_351824.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is very painful to love someone and believe you cannot be with them.” — Terry Kay", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One of the most enduring friendships in history - 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