Mary Lydon Simonsen
I am the authors of several Pride & Prejudice and Persuasion re-imaginings. I have also written a modern love story, The Second Date, Love Italian-American Style, and three British mysteries, Three's A Crowd, A Killing in Kensington, A Death in Hampden, Dying to Write, and Murder by Moonlighting.
I am a wife, mother, grandmother, volunteer, reader, writer, serious recycler.
When I read for relaxation, I read mysteries. My greatest love is history. When I am doing the research for a new book, I love digging for historical nuggets.
“Every relationship must have a starting point so that past errors may remain in the past.”
Mary Lydon Simonsen
“Determination, effort, and practice are rewarded with success.”
Mary Lydon Simonsen
“There is nothing sweeter than finding the right person to love and cherish and to share your hopes and dreams with.”
Mary Lydon Simonsen
“..love lays bare your soul.”
Mary Lydon Simonsen
“I did not understand how quickly one could fall in love, and I regarded almost as an affliction that one would eventually recover from. However, I now recognize that it is a force that reaches into every fiber of your body, and that it is something not to be resisted, but embraced.”
Mary Lydon Simonsen
“Do not descend, but rise above so ill-mannered a person.”
Mary Lydon Simonsen
“With adulthood comes responsibility.”
Mary Lydon Simonsen
“Does anyone truly understand females? ...Their behavior is opposite of everything in the natural order and flies in the face of logic.”
Mary Lydon Simonsen
“I cannot alter the past, but the future is very much in my hands.”
Mary Lydon Simonsen
“Women fancy admiration means more than it does.”
Mary Lydon Simonsen
“Parents have to instill the right principles in their children, but then it's up to the children to live up to those principles.”
Mary Lydon Simonsen
“"..love is as complex an emotion as exists. There are many reasons why love does not prosper... the waters are perilous, and you would do well to know that, because unlike your novels, not every story has a happy ending.”
Mary Lydon Simonsen
“"..one can predict the future with some degree of accuracy based on one's own knowledge of past events. And rare events do occur, but it is their lack of repetition that makes them rare.”
Mary Lydon Simonsen
“...Life does have its twists and turns, and that certainly is true. However, one can predict the future with some degree of accuracy based on one's own knowledge of past events. And rare events do occur , but it is their lack of repetition that makes them rare. I cannot alter the past, but the future is very much in my handsI find that memories, especially from one's childhood, very often do not live up to the realities Does anyone truly understand females? the more I am in their company the less i know. Their behavior is the opposite of everything in the natural order and flies in the face of logic.Oh, I can see you are enjoying yourself. You have my heart, and now you will toy with itShe did believe that two souls could come together, so that the one would know if something had happened to the other despite distance or war. The only way to get through life's rough spots is to laugh whenever possible”
Mary Lydon Simonsen