Top 2 Quotes & Sayings by Rheta Grimsley Johnson

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American reporter Rheta Grimsley Johnson.
Last updated on December 18, 2024.
Rheta Grimsley Johnson

Rheta Grimsley Johnson is a reporter and columnist for King Features Syndicate of New York. Johnson travels the country in search of stories, frequently reporting from her native South, with datelines from Washington, D.C., to Iuka, Mississippi.

The work saved me. I clung to it like flotsam in a boiling sea. It was the only solitary sport that I ever played, or was any good at. It felt natural to sit at my computer and type and type some more. For entire minutes, while writing, I could forget the godawful thing that had happened. I could forget that nothing really mattered anymore. Perhaps, if I set my sights low, I could care again about some small thing. I would type a word. One word. Then another. I started to care about the words, then entire sentences.
A man on a mission  is far different  from a drone on a deadline. — © Rheta Grimsley Johnson
A man on a mission is far different from a drone on a deadline.
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