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> [I don't mind a narrator who's self-deceiving, but the clues for their truth have to be there for the reader to see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-pinborough/i-don-t-mind-a-narrator-who-s-self-deceiving-but-the-clues-for-their/)

[Sarah Pinborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-pinborough/)

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## More by Sarah Pinborough

> [“For me, life has always been the storm. The storm and watching from the window for the thing that could stop it, even if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-pinborough/for-me-life-has-always-been-the-storm-the-storm-and-watching-from-the/)

[Sarah Pinborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-pinborough/)

> [My first six books were horror, I think because when I was young I loved Stephen King. John Wyndham, Daphne Du Maurier, and it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-pinborough/my-first-six-books-were-horror-i-think-because-when-i-was-young-i/)

[Sarah Pinborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-pinborough/)

> [The unreliable narrator is an odd concept. The way I see it, we're all unreliable narrators of our lives who usually have absolute trust…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-pinborough/the-unreliable-narrator-is-an-odd-concept-the-way-i-see-it-we-re-all/)

[Sarah Pinborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-pinborough/)

> [“Something is building, bubbling in my stomach, flaring into white heat, and I don't know if it will explode out of me in anxiety…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-pinborough/something-is-building-bubbling-in-my-stomach-flaring-into-white-heat/)

[Sarah Pinborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-pinborough/)

> [I'm a lot less travelled as an adult than I was as a child, but I think living in far flung places gives you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-pinborough/i-m-a-lot-less-travelled-as-an-adult-than-i-was-as-a-child-but-i/)

[Sarah Pinborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-pinborough/)

> [Never trust a narrator whose opening gambit is to insist he's not mad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-pinborough/never-trust-a-narrator-whose-opening-gambit-is-to-insist-he-s-not-mad/)

[Sarah Pinborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-pinborough/)

> [“The past is as ephemeral as the future—it’s all perspective and smoke and mirrors.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-pinborough/the-past-is-as-ephemeral-as-the-future-it-s-all-perspective-and-smoke/)

[Sarah Pinborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-pinborough/)

> [I wrote my first five horror novels while I was teaching.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-pinborough/i-wrote-my-first-five-horror-novels-while-i-was-teaching/)

[Sarah Pinborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-pinborough/)

> [The only rule I have in how I let characters tell stories is that they must always tell the reader their version of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-pinborough/the-only-rule-i-have-in-how-i-let-characters-tell-stories-is-that/)

[Sarah Pinborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-pinborough/)

> [We all love a bit of 'true love conquers all,' and when I started on 'Poison,' 'Charm' and 'Beauty,' that was one rule of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-pinborough/we-all-love-a-bit-of-true-love-conquers-all-and-when-i-started-on/)

[Sarah Pinborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-pinborough/)

> [“Sometimes there are just too many words filling up space and not enough emptiness left for thinking. I keep a little emptiness inside for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-pinborough/sometimes-there-are-just-too-many-words-filling-up-space-and-not/)

[Sarah Pinborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-pinborough/)

> [Maybe even at six or seven, I knew that, sweet as they were on the surface, all fairy tales needed a feminist shake up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-pinborough/maybe-even-at-six-or-seven-i-knew-that-sweet-as-they-were-on-the/)

[Sarah Pinborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-pinborough/)

> [I'm very much, like, 'We've all got to help each other.' If there's a new female writer, I'm much more likely to read her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-pinborough/i-m-very-much-like-we-ve-all-got-to-help-each-other-if-there-s-a-new/)

[Sarah Pinborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-pinborough/)

> [The strange thing about living somewhere for a couple of years and then moving on and not returning is that those locations become ghosts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-pinborough/the-strange-thing-about-living-somewhere-for-a-couple-of-years-and/)

[Sarah Pinborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-pinborough/)

> [Oh, there's a teenage girl inside all women. It comes out mainly when we walk into a room filled with other women and immediately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-pinborough/oh-there-s-a-teenage-girl-inside-all-women-it-comes-out-mainly-when/)

[Sarah Pinborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-pinborough/)

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