19+ Mary Jo Putney Quotes On

Mary Jo Putney is an American author of historical and contemporary romance novels. She is best known for her Lost Lords series and her books often feature strong female characters. Putney has written more than 50 novels and her work has been awarded numerous awards, including the RITA Award from the Romance Writers of America. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Mary Jo Putney on love, life.

Once you can fake sincerity, you can fake anything. — Mary Jo Putney

A witty vicar once said that a good marriage is like a pair of scissors with the couple inseparable joined, often moving in opposite directions, yet always destroying anyone who comes between them. The trick is for the blades to learn to work smoothly together, so as not to cut each other. — Mary Jo Putney

I love Christmas. A time to slow down and enjoy life and be with my family and friends. In busy years, it keeps me sane. In bad years, it makes me feel whole again. — Mary Jo Putney

Competence is a great creator of confidence. — Mary Jo Putney

I've always thought of this city as Disneyland for adults. ... There's no danger of Las Vegas expiring from an excess of good taste. — Mary Jo Putney

You don't have to be crazy to be a writer, but it certainly does help — Mary Jo Putney

If death is inevitable, one should try to die well. — Mary Jo Putney

we all grow up thinking our parents found us under cabbage leaves and that sex didn't exist before our personal coming-of-age. — Mary Jo Putney

Enigmatic - the quality of keeping silent and making people wonder if one is stupid rather than opening one's mouth and removing all doubt. — Mary Jo Putney

Like cats and ice cream, showers were among life's simple, uncomplicated pleasures. — Mary Jo Putney

Europeans condemned Chinese foot binding, but any society that had invented the corset had a lot to answer for. — Mary Jo Putney

Parents and children were put on earth to give each other grief. You were my punishment for how I behaved to my own father. And I'll have my revenge when you have children of your own. — Mary Jo Putney

What one loves in childhood stays in the heart forever. — Mary Jo Putney

[On New York City:] From a dating point of view, it's like a really large rummage sale - lots of strange items, but darned little that you'd want to take home. — Mary Jo Putney

But gratitude would not have me love you as I do. Love was inspired by what you are - the good, the bad, and even the foolish, which is what you're being right now. — Mary Jo Putney

But why, she thought wryly, did a man seem more attractive as he became less available? How humbling to think one had so much in common with a cow stretching its neck through a gate for better grass. — Mary Jo Putney

My brother said that at Eton, students were told caning builds character. I suppose girls are caned less because we aren't thought to have much character." "Which is the sort of thing males say when they don't know any women. — Mary Jo Putney

Principles are sometimes an unaffordable luxury. — Mary Jo Putney

Life is a good deal more comfortable if one doesn't expect it to be fair. — Mary Jo Putney

Life Lessons by Mary Jo Putney

1. Mary Jo Putney's work emphasizes the importance of resilience and the power of love to overcome adversity.
2. Her stories often feature strong female characters who must overcome difficult obstacles in order to find happiness and fulfillment.
3. Through her work, Putney encourages readers to be brave and to never give up, no matter how difficult the circumstances may seem.