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Judith Viorst is an American author known for her humor and insightful writing. Born on February 2, 1931, her works span across children's literature, adult fiction, and poetry, with a particular talent for depicting life from a child's perspective.

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“[On writing her first poem at age eight:] An ode to my dead mother and father, who were both alive and pretty pissed off.”

Writing Firsts Children Age Mother Father Alive Poet Eight Mother And Father Pissed Off Odes Dead Mother

Author:Judith Viorst

“It is true that the present is powerfully shaped by the past. But it is also true that ... insight at any age keeps us from singing the same sad songs again.”

Age Past Song Singing Insight Sad Song

Author:Judith Viorst

“You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have earned.”

Children Ends Age Faces Deserve Aging Old Age

Author:Judith Viorst

“But it's hard to be hip over thirty when everyone else is nineteen, when the last dance we learned was the Lindy, and the last we heard, girls who looked like Barbara Streisand were trying to do something about it.”

Trying Hard Age Lasts Girl Heard Aging Hips Thirty Nineteen Barbara Streisand Last Dance Barbara Streisand

Book:It's hard to be hip over thirty and other tragedies of married life

Source: It's hard to be hip over thirty and other tragedies of married life

“I don't intend to stop showing a little cleavage. Nor do I intend to stop flashing a little thigh.”

Littles Age Thighs Cleavage

Book:Suddenly Sixty and Other Shocks of Later Life

Source: Suddenly Sixty and Other Shocks of Later Life