Luanne Rice quotes

Anyone with a heart, with a family, has experienced loss. No one escapes unscathed. Every story of separation is different, but I think we all understand that basic, wrenching emotion that comes from saying goodbye, not knowing if we'll see that person again-or perhaps knowing that we won't. (Luanne Rice)

One of my earliest memories is of seeing my mother in her beach chair, reading a book under an umbrella by the water's edge while my sisters and I played beside her. Of all the life lessons she taught me, that is one of my favorites: to take time at a place I love, restore my spirit with books and the beach.

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Our stories remind us how precious and fragile life can be-- and that we must risk our hearts everyday to know happiness.

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Sometimes waiting is the hardest thing of all.

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happy endings start with new beginnings.

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Love is the easiest thing there is. It's the layers of doubt, fear, and expectation that make it complicated.

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The biggest mistake any of us can make is thinking that love is a feeling, an emotion. It's not that at all. It's an action.

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Missing pieces do more than complete the puzzle, they fill in an empty space.

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The music never leaves. Once you have it, you can't lose it.

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Clear nights are sometimes the coldest.

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Some feelings are stronger than fear: love, longing, desire. (Luanne Rice)

After 30 novels, release day is still a thrill. Its always a little bittersweet, too.

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I am honored to have had two Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions made from my novels - Silver Bells and Follow the Stars Home.

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Hallmark makes beautiful films that feel as if they should be watched in a theater. The Hall family knows the power of stories, and they give us unforgettable movies with heart and depth and the resonance of classics.

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I was married to a law student, and I used to attend classes with him at Georgetown University Law Center. Being of dramatic bent, I was drawn mainly to Criminal law and Evidence classes. A just-beginning writer, I would find an empty chair and listen, mesmerized, to the lectures.

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While novels are fiction, mine are usually very close to my heart. Like my other books, 'The Lemon Orchard' is inspired by something I care about. I care so deeply. The stories are my dreams, and I want to do a lot of research. Roberto is based on a real live friend of mine named Armando who worked in my garden.

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My mother painted and wrote. She always had a painting in progress on an easel in the kitchen, so our house always smelled like oil paint. At night, she wrote after she'd put my sisters and me to bed, and the sound of her typing was our lullaby.

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Goodbyes were impossible, unless you didn't realize you were saying them.

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'Safe Harbor' is a state of mind... it's the place - in reality or metaphor - to which one goes in times of trouble or worry. It can be a friendship, marriage, church, garden, beach, poem, prayer, or song.

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