6 Quotes & Sayings By Shirley Rousseau Murphy

Shirley Rousseau Murphy was born in Chicago, Illinois. She received a Bachelors Degree from the University of Illinois and was awarded a Masters Degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. In addition to writing several books of fiction, she also wrote a bestselling manual for writers entitled “How To Write A Book Proposal For Beginners.” Ms. Murphy has been a columnist for Women’s Wear Daily and was a frequent guest on radio and television programs, including The Today Show and The Oprah Winfrey Show Read more

Ms. Murphy is also a published poet and a published author of adult fiction under the name Shirley Rousseau Murphy.

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You prepare as best you can for the bad times- then live every moment with joy. Shirley Rousseau Murphy
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... life wasn't full of problems, it was rich with decisions. Shirley Rousseau Murphy
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[At the scene of a murder] The cats' bloodthirst was normal; it was the way God had made them. They were hunters, they killed for food and to train their young--well maybe sometimes for sport. But this violent act by some unknown human had nothing to do with hunting--for a human to brutally maim one of the own kind out of rage or sadism or greed was, to Joe and Dulcie (the cats), a shocking degradation of the human condition. To imagine that vicious abandon in a human deeply distressed Dulcie; she did not like thinking about humans that way. . Shirley Rousseau Murphy
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Sometimes she could swear that she saw, in Joe Grey's eyes, a judgment far too perceptive, a watchfulness too aware and intense for any cat. Charlie didn't understand what it was about those two [cats]. Both had a presence that set them apart from other felines. Maybe she just knew them better. Maybe all cats had that quality of awareness, when you knew them. Shirley Rousseau Murphy
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I hope people don't take kittens on a whim, like they would a toy, then not care for them. Shirley Rousseau Murphy