Yvonne Blackwood > Yvonne's Quotes

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
― C.S. Lewis

“Perserverence is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“To write past events in the present tense adds immediacy to your prose. ~Yvonne Blackwood”
― Yvonne Blackwood, Nosey Charlie Chokes On a Wiener! (The Adventures of Nosey Charlie)

“But I am an author, and authors are curious. We observe things, spy on things, record things, listen in on people’s conversations, and use bits and pieces of the information gathered to flavour our prose stew.”
― Yvonne Blackwood, College Life of a Retired Senior: A Memoir of Perseverance, Faith, and Finding the Way

“I watched the trees reclothe in the park across the street. Delicate green shoots developed rapidly until the area that once looked like a wilderness of dried sticks morphed into a forest of greenery. The view stimulated a calm and soothing feeling within me.”
― Yvonne Blackwood, College Life of a Retired Senior: A Memoir of Perseverance, Faith, and Finding the Way

“People never truly forget their past, no matter how they try. Memories always lurked in the crevices of Giuseppe’s mind…”
― Yvonne Blackwood, College Life of a Retired Senior: A Memoir of Perseverance, Faith, and Finding the Way

“John has treated me well during our years of marriage. He has catered to me, made me a comfortable home, and fathered my two adorable children. What more do I want?”’ But the flame of love for John had flickered incessantly, and like a candle in the wind, it eventually blew out.”
― Yvonne Blackwood, The Ambition