Ann Hood
1956
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Quotes
Biography
Ann Hood is an American novelist and editor known for her bestselling novels and memoirs. She has written extensively on themes like loss, love, and redemption, drawing from personal experiences and emotions to create compelling stories. Hood's works have been praised for their emotional depth and relatable characters, earning her a dedicated readership worldwide.
Famous Quotes (5)
1
We all need friends with whom we can speak of our deepest concerns, and who do not fear to speak the truth in love to us.
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Grief, I have learned, is really love. It’s all the love you want to give but cannot. All of that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.
3
Those who write tell the stories and shape history. Those who listen make history their own.
4
Healing is impossible in loneliness; it is the opposite of loneliness. Conviviality is healing. To be healed we must come with all the other creatures to the feast of Creation.
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Write about what you don't know about what you know. Writers do that all the time, but it's a hard thing to do and a lot of people shy away from it.