Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Phyllis Theroux (American Journalist, Author)

Phyllis Grissim-Theroux (b.1939) is an American journalist, columnist, humorist, and children’s book author.

Born in San Francisco, California, Grissim-Theroux obtained a B.A. in philosophy from Manhattanville College. Her books include the memoir California and Other States of Grace (1980;) several essay collections, including Nightlights: Bedtime Stories for Parents in the Dark (1987;) a novella, Giovanni’s Light (2002;) and an anthology, The Book of Eulogies (2015.)

Grissim-Theroux occasionally wrote the “Hers” column for the New York Times and contributed to such periodicals as Reader’s Digest, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, International Herald Tribune, Ladies’ Home Journal, Family Health, and Washingtonian.

Grissim-Theroux founded Nightwriters, an organization that hosts creative writing seminars in California and Italy. She is the mother of the American actor and film director Justin Theroux—he was previously married to the actress Jennifer Aniston.

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Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.
Phyllis Theroux
Topics: Mistakes, One liners

To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere without moving anything but your heart.
Phyllis Theroux
Topics: Letters

An enlightened person raises the level of the consciousness of the entire community.
Phyllis Theroux

Writing is not only a reflection of what one thinks and feels but a rope one weaves with words that can lower you below or hoist you above the surface of your life, enabling you to go deeper or higher than you would otherwise go. What excites me about his metaphor is that is makes writing much more than a lifesaving venture.
Phyllis Theroux

Children are born with imaginations in mint condition, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Then life corrects for grandiosity.
Phyllis Theroux

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