“A man with an Irish accent could sound wise and poetic and interesting even when he wasn’t.” — Kate Atkinson Irish accent Copy Share Image
“I'm not myself," she said and then laughed maniacally, "but God knows who I am.” — Kate Atkinson God Copy Share Image
“... the doors of perception are hanging crazily off their hinges these days.” — Kate Atkinson Crazily Copy Share Image
You can step in the same river but the water will always be new. — Kate Atkinson River Copy Share Image
Sometimes it was harder to change the past than it was the future. — Kate Atkinson Change Copy Share Image
“How calm the house was. How deceptive that could be. One could lose everything in the blink of an eye, the slip… — Kate Atkinson Blink of an eye Copy Share Image
“Hindsight’s a wonderful thing,” Klara said. “If we all had it there would be no history to write about.” — Kate Atkinson Hindsight Copy Share Image
“she appeared in the doorway of his study and placidly announced she was leaving him. "It's you, not me," she said.” — Kate Atkinson Divorce-humor Copy Share Image
Time was a thief, he stole your life away from you and the only way you could get it back was to… — Kate Atkinson Away from you Copy Share Image
Ursula craved solitude but she hated loneliness, a conundrum that she couldn’t even begin to solve. — Kate Atkinson Conundrums Copy Share Image
“When she was little they had lived in an old farmhouse too, in the middle of nothing of but landscape.” — Kate Atkinson Country-living Copy Share Image
“A simple acceptance of what comes to us, regarding it as neither bad nor good. “Werde, der du bist, as he would… — Kate Atkinson Acceptance Copy Share Image
“That was how you lost people, a little carelessness and they just slipped through your fingers.” — Kate Atkinson Carelessness Copy Share Image
“Did God get out of bed one morning and draw back the curtains (Reggie's imaginary God led a very domesticated life) and… — Kate Atkinson Death Copy Share Image
I usually start writing a novel that I then abandon. When I say abandon, I don't think any writer ever abandons anything… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical… — Kate Atkinson Books Copy Share Image
“Ah, I know," Bridget said. "For sure, you have the sixth sense." Mrs. Glover, wrestling with the plum pudding, snorted her disapproval.… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
I'm a lapsed Quaker. I don't go to meetings any more. But I'm very drawn to Catholicism - all that glitter. I'd… — Kate Atkinson Absolution Copy Share Image
“In the half-century of his life, a tick on the Doomsday clock, he had borne witness to the most unbelievable technological advances.… — Kate Atkinson Crime Copy Share Image
“Twittering just seemed to be people telling other people what they were doing--getting in the shower, making coffee. Who on earth wanted… — Kate Atkinson Babble Copy Share Image
“If Richard had lived, perhaps... but one cannot look backwards, only forwards. What has passed has passed for ever. What is it… — Kate Atkinson River Copy Share Image
“A 'career woman,'" Sylvie said, as if the two words had no place in the same sentence. "A spinster," she added, contemplating… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
“She fed him scraps from her ragbag because words were all that were left now. Perhaps he could use them to pay… — Kate Atkinson Acts of kindness Copy Share Image
“She... applied makeup, enough to have made an effort, not enough to be blatantly a woman...” — Kate Atkinson Makeup Copy Share Image
“Lily was a Fabian, a society suffragette who risked nothing” — Kate Atkinson Suffragette Copy Share Image
“They had triumphed over death this night. Sylvie wondered when death would seek his revenge.” — Kate Atkinson Death Copy Share Image
“Maybe we're all the living dead, reconstituted from the dust of the dead.” — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
“A woman should be a comfort and a relief, a restful pillow for the weary head.” — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
“Of course, I don’t believe in God,’ Dr Kellet said. ‘But I believe in heaven. One has to,” — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
“A coincidence is just an explanation waiting to happen” — Kate Atkinson Coincidence Copy Share Image
“Just because something bad had happened to her doesn't mean it won't happen again.” — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
She doesn't believe in dogs," Bridget said. "Dogs are hardly an article of faith," Sylvie said. — Kate Atkinson Animal Copy Share Image
If they would all sleep all the time she wouldn't mind being their mother. — Kate Atkinson Mind Copy Share Image
