Joan W. Blos Quotes & Sayings

Kindness must be the highest virtue--don't let me forget that ever. Were I to strive for one thing only 'twould be to be kind to others, as you are, Catherine. — Joan W. Blos

Well, I am going on 83 now but not about to quit. There are too many things I know about where I want to see what happens. You, my dear, being one of them, and this new century starting.
Do what you can to make it good. And remember, as we used to say, that life is like a pudding: it takes both the salt and the sugar to make a really good one. — Joan W. Blos

She lived among us for a while
And brought joy where she went.
We thought she was a gift of God
But learned she was but lent. — Joan W. Blos

For are we not, all of us, wand'rers and strangers; and do we not, all of us, travel in danger or voyage uncharted seas? — Joan W. Blos