Susan Straight Quotes

I have a million nightingales on the branches of my heart singing freedom.

Marriage wrecks any decent relationship.

I never took the bus. Never. Walking meant you were eccentric or pious or a loser - riding the bus meant you were insane or masochistic and worse than a loser.

The broken spine of the book shows the webbing of binder's string, and my fingers have worn white spots in the cover.

My father, born in Colorado, met my mother, born in Switzerland, when he went into the finance company where she worked and asked for a loan.

I have more than 100 legal pads filled with handwriting. Eight novels, two books for children, countless stories and essays.