Luanne Rice
Luanne Rice
Luanne Rice is the New York Times bestselling American author of 31 novels that have been translated into 24 languages. She often writes about nature and the sea, and many of her novels deal with love and family. She is the author of The Lemon Orchard, Little Night, The Silver Boat and Beach Girls...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth25 September 1955
CountryUnited States of America
song beach prayer
Safe Harbor is a state of mind... its the place - in reality or metaphor - to which one goes in times of trouble or worry. It can be a friendship, marriage, church, garden, beach, poem, prayer, or song.
night sometimes clear
Clear nights are sometimes the coldest.
writing compassion conviction
Hannah writes of love with compassion and conviction.
waiting sometimes hardest
Sometimes waiting is the hardest thing of all.
black-and-white judgment easy
Judgment is easy: it is black and white, as brutal as a gavel strike.
mistake love-is thinking
The biggest mistake any of us can make is thinking that love is a feeling, an emotion. It's not that at all. It's an action.
mother beach memories
One of my earliest memories is of seeing my mother in her beach chair, reading a book under an umbrella by the water's edge while my sisters and I played beside her. Of all the life lessons she taught me, that is one of my favorites: to take time at a place I love, restore my spirit with books and the beach.
summer perfect judging
never judge anyone by their appearance, or the car they drive, or the house they live in, or even by the words they say. judge people by their actions. that's how you know whether they're bad or good." - perfect Summer
library fiction born
I was born in a library, in the fiction stacks.
loses
The music never leaves. Once you have it, you can't lose it.
goodbye heart loss
Anyone with a heart, with a family, has experienced loss. No one escapes unscathed. Every story of separation is different, but I think we all understand that basic, wrenching emotion that comes from saying goodbye, not knowing if we'll see that person again-or perhaps knowing that we won't.
love-is expectations doubt
Love is the easiest thing there is. It's the layers of doubt, fear, and expectation that make it complicated.
house mother oil painted painting progress sisters smelled sound typing wrote
My mother painted and wrote. She always had a painting in progress on an easel in the kitchen, so our house always smelled like oil paint. At night, she wrote after she'd put my sisters and me to bed, and the sound of her typing was our lullaby.
best endlessly favorite profession several
Several of my favorite cousins and some of my best friends are lawyers, and I find the profession endlessly fascinating.