Loving can cost a lot but not loving always costs more, and those who fear to love often find that want of love is an emptiness that robs the joy from life.

Her books included Some Men Are More Perfect Than Others When Lovers Are Friends Hearts That We Broke Long Ago and Courage My Love. As a journalist Merle Shain worked as a feature writer for the Toronto Telegram as an associate editor of Chatelaine as a columnist for the Toronto Sun and as a host of the CTV news program W5.

She also served for four years as a member of the board of the National Film Board of Canada. Merle Shain (1935-1989) was a Canadian author and journalist.