Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Joan M. Drury

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American novelist Joan M. Drury.

Last updated on September 19, 2024.

Joan Drury was an American novelist, book publisher, book seller, and philanthropist. She owned Spinsters, Ink, a publishing company that focused on books by women, especially those identifying as lesbian. She was the author of a series of mystery novels featuring a lesbian protagonist, Tyler Jones, and owned and operated a bookshop, Drury Lane Books, in Grand Marais, Minnesota. Drury won several awards for her services to publishing as well as for her own writing, including a Lambda Literary Award. She was also a philanthropist who sponsored writers' retreats, and created the National Lesbian Writer’s Award.

American - Novelist | Born: 1945

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I think I'm a love agnostic - not sure, one way or another, if it really exists.

Joan M. Drury

When we mourn our parents, we mourn the parents we had as well as the ones we never had. With death, all bets are off: the last chance at reconciliation or change or hope is gone. Whatever relationship we had with our parents, that's it. No more chances for something else.

Joan M. Drury

The dilemma for women - writing after everything else was finished - has prevented women from reaching their literary potential for centuries.

Joan M. Drury

Courtesy is the bedrock of social interchange. No matter what you're doing, even if you're fomenting revolution, you can still be courteous.

Joan M. Drury