Dates are convenient hooks on which we can hang our memories of events. But history is all about people - people like you and me who did things to change the world.

— Joan Lowery Nixon

Don't matter if you believe in them or not. If they're there, they're there,' Mrs. Phipps said.

— Joan Lowery Nixon

...each of us from the seance stood alone. Like so many pillars of salt, we had tried to look back and failed. And in the eyes of the others who shared the pale, flat sky with us, there was sometimes suspicion, sometimes a little fear.

— Joan Lowery Nixon

Having a baby is part of a woman's life, and it is surely a great waste to be afraid of life.

— Joan Lowery Nixon

Life is not easy. We all have problems-even tragedies-to deal with, and luck has nothing to do with it. Bad luck is only the superstitious excuse for those who don't have the wit to deal with the problems of life.

— Joan Lowery Nixon

To my way of thinking, the slavery issue is just an excuse to allow some people to do hateful things and feel righteous about it.

— Joan Lowery Nixon

Virtual reality is a self-created form of chosen reality. Therefore, it exists.

— Joan Lowery Nixon