judith viorst

• vaktinde "strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces." demiş amerikan şair-yazar.
• - kocam, ne zaman akşam yemeğine geç kalsa, onun ya beni aldattığını yada sokakta ölü olarak yattığını düşünürüm ama hep ikincisi için dua ederim, demiş yazar.
• keşke dünyadan o sorumlu olsaydı dediğim bir şair.
  mevzubahis şiiri için:
  
  if i were in charge of the world
  i'd cancel oatmeal,
  monday mornings,
  allergy shots, and also sara steinberg.
  
  if i were in charge of the world
  there'd be brighter nights lights,
  healthier hamsters, and
  basketball baskets forty eight inches lower.
  
  if i were in charge of the world
  you wouldn't have lonely.
  you wouldn't have clean.
  you wouldn't have bedtimes.
  or "don't punch your sister."
  you wouldn't even have sisters.
  
  if i were in charge of the world
  a chocolate sundae with whipped cream and nuts would be a vegetable
  all 007 movies would be g,
  and a person who sometimes forgot to brush,
  and sometimes forgot to flush,
  would still be allowed to be
  in charge of the world.