Quotes by Susan Wiggs

Susan Wiggs

Amaryllis in Blueberry is a rich, evocative story about an unusual family that will sweep readers away to another place and time. Amaryllis’s voice is a spellbinding and unique blend of naivet and wisdom. A perfect melding of family saga, murder mystery and a meditation on faith, loyalty and love, this novel will both haunt and entertain you.

Loyalty

Unique

Voice

At the centre of every fairy tale lay a truth that gave the story its power

Fairy Tale

Stories

Tales

Everybody’s in love when they’re eighteen. And everybody gets dumped.

Dumped

Eighteen

Here’s the thing about broken hearts. You can always survive them. Always. No matter how deep the hurt, the capacity to heal and move on is even stronger.

Heart

Hurt

Moving

I never felt I was incapable of succeeding because I felt confident I could always learn what I needed to know.

Incapable

Needed

Succeed

I’ve always loved writing emotionally rich, character-driven novels that explore the way people fall in love and deal with life’s triumphs and tragedies. I enjoy writing the contemporary and historical books equally, though perhaps ‘enjoy’ is the wrong word.

Book

Falling In Love

Writing

In all my novels, a sense of place – not just geographic but social – is a critical element. I have always been drawn to the novels of Edith Wharton, among others, where social dynamics are crucial. Wharton’s class consciousness fascinates me, and some of the tension in my books stems from that.

Book

Class

Elements

It is a great virtue to be needed. Greater, even, than being liked

Greater

Needed

Virtue

Kids aren’t supposed to have to figure out how to be happy. They just are.

Figures

How To Be Happy

Kids

My adult life has been a patchwork of projects, most of which were fleeting fancies of overreaching vision. I tend to seize on things, only to abandon them due to a lack of time, talent or inclination.

Adults

Fancy

Vision

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Adults

Attention

Believe

Book

Boys

Class

Dumped

Eighteen

Elements

Fairy Tale

Falling In Love

Fancy

Figures

Girl

Greater

Heart

How To Be Happy

Hurt

Idealist

Incapable

Inspirational

Kids

Loss

Loyalty

Matter

Mother

Moving

Needed

Never Quit

Organs

Practice

Reading

Scary

Shore

Stories

Struggle

Sturdy

Succeed

Sunday

Tales

Teacher

Unique

Virtue

Vision

Voice

Want

What If

Writing

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Quotes by Susan Wiggs

Susan Wiggs

At the centre of every fairy tale lay a truth that gave the story its power

Everybody’s in love when they’re eighteen. And everybody gets dumped.

Here’s the thing about broken hearts. You can always survive them. Always. No matter how deep the hurt, the capacity to heal and move on is even stronger.

I never felt I was incapable of succeeding because I felt confident I could always learn what I needed to know.

I’ve always loved writing emotionally rich, character-driven novels that explore the way people fall in love and deal with life’s triumphs and tragedies. I enjoy writing the contemporary and historical books equally, though perhaps ‘enjoy’ is the wrong word.

It is a great virtue to be needed. Greater, even, than being liked

Kids aren’t supposed to have to figure out how to be happy. They just are.

My adult life has been a patchwork of projects, most of which were fleeting fancies of overreaching vision. I tend to seize on things, only to abandon them due to a lack of time, talent or inclination.

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