Judith Viorst Quotes

United States, Writer
February 2, 1931

Judith Viorst (born Judith Stahl) is an American writer, newspaper journalist, and psychoanalysis researcher. She is known for her humorous observational poetry and for her children's literature. This includes The Tenth Good Thing About Barney (about the death of a pet) and the Alexander series of short picture books, which includes Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (1972), which has sold over two million copies.

Also known as Journalist, Psychoanalyst

Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive and irrational - but how much does it cost you to knock on wood?

Judith Viorst
You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have earned.

Judith Viorst
- Old Age
- Earned
- Put Up

Suffering makes you deep. Travel makes you broad. In case I get my pick, I'd rather travel.

Judith Viorst
- Suffering
- Travel
- Pick
Absence makes the heart grow frozen, not fonder.

Judith Viorst
- Heart
- Absence
- Frozen
Losing is the price we pay for living. It is also the source of much of our growth and gain.

Judith Viorst
- Growth
- Losing
- Source
The lives we lead are determined, for better and worse, by our loss experiences.

Judith Viorst
For some it takes a lifetime to find true love, But for the lucky ones a lifetime is merely enough to share the love they've found.

Judith Viorst
- Love
- Lucky
- Share
Recognize joy when it arrives in the plain brown wrappings of everyday life.

Judith Viorst
- Life
- Joy
- Recognize

One advantage of marriage is that, when you fall out of love with him or he falls out of love with you, it keeps you together until you fall in again.

Judith Viorst
Because we believe ourselves to be better parents than our parents, we expect to produce better children than they produced.

Judith Viorst
- Children
- Parents
- Better