Alyson Richman Quotes

United States, Writer
May 19, 1972

Alyson Richman is an American writer best known for The Lost Wife, a tale of a husband and wife who are separated in a concentration camp during World War II and reunited 60 years later at their grandchildren's wedding. Her novels have been published in more than 15 languages and have received both national and international acclaim.

We wore that grief like one wears one's underclothes. An invisible skin, unseen to prying eyes, but knitted to us all the same. We wore it every day.

Alyson Richman
- Grief
- Wears
- Underclothes
There are some things that a woman knows that she cannot tell even her family. It is part intuition and part self-preservation.

Alyson Richman

I think it's very, very, very hard to get a book published. I never want to be one of those teachers that say, 'don't do this, ' because how sad would the world be if people didn't create art and write? But, it's not an easy journey being a writer.

Alyson Richman
- Journey
- Writer
- Published
Love stories always seem to be a spark.

Alyson Richman
- Love
- Stories
- Spark
A woman who loves books has a dreamer's soul, with each story she has read woven into her own.

Alyson Richman
- Woman
- Story
- Books
If those we love visit us when we dream, those who torment us almost always visit us when we're still awake.

Alyson Richman
- Love
- Dream
- Visit
A woman's pelvis is like an hourglass with the capacity to tell time. It both creates and shelters life. When the mother's diet is insufficient, nutrients are pulled from her own teeth and bone. Women are built to be selfless.

Alyson Richman
- Life
- Women
- Selfless
You hear in the person you're destined to love the sound of those yet to be born.

Alyson Richman
- Love
- Person
- Sound

You will never be lonely with a book at your side.

Alyson Richman
- Book
- Lonely
- Side
To those who believe the dead do not visit them, I say you have cataracts in your soul. I am a man of science, yet I believe in guardian angels and the haunting by ghosts.

Alyson Richman
- Soul
- Dead
- Visit