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28 quotes by Lynn Johnston

Lynn Johnston, CM OM (born May 28, 1947) is a Canadian cartoonist, known for her newspaper comic strip For Better or For Worse. She was the first woman and first Canadian to win the National Cartoonist Society's Reuben Award.
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You think about child abuse and you think of a father viciously attacking a daughter or a son, but in my family it was my mother. My mother, I would... →

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The most profound statements are often said in silence.

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Mom and Dad would stay in bed on Sunday morning, but the kids would have to go to church.

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Sure, I've had some bad times, but everybody does. But people don't get to talk about them like I do, unless they do to a therapist. People... →

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People never knew we were poor, but out of that poverty came the most incredible inventions - board games, recipes... we never stopped inventing.

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When Kate was born, she was born into a world of joy and happiness and confidence. The difference between the children is night and day. She's... →

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Aaron and I will be joined at the hip until the day we die. We have loved and hated each other since the day he was born. He's very much a part... →

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I've always felt that life is a novel, and part of it is written for you, and part of it is written by you. It's up to you to write the... →

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It's taken me a long time to become the person I am, for all the ugliness to fall away. The rotten flesh is gone, and the seed is there. I can... →

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Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about.

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I was just so lucky to have a wonderful life after a tough marriage.

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You see, anything I imagined, I could draw.

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Yes, and when I had Aaron, he left me, and I didn't know how to raise a child. And I wasn't close to my parents, and because I was too proud... →

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