“What he had not learned from Latin or Greek he was learning from the people of New South Wales. It was this: you did not learn a language without entering into a relationship with the people who spoke it with… — Kate Grenville Copy Share Image
“Husbands adored you, too, at least at first. Being adored was something she had come to mistrust. She felt adoration to be a small… — Kate Grenville Copy Share Image
A big book is a hard thing to manage - I find the computer makes it easier to keep it in order, and to… — Kate Grenville Copy Share Image
“it crossed Farren's mind that although death seemed big, life was even bigger” — Kate Grenville Copy Share Image
Ebooks have many advantages - publishers don't have to make guesses about how many books to print, books need never go "out of print",… — Kate Grenville Copy Share Image
“It was a long time since whe's been young and it was unlikely that she'd ever been lovely. She stood like a man, square-on.… — Kate Grenville Copy Share Image
Everything in his life had come down to the sensation of her fingers against his. The person he was, the history he carried within… — Kate Grenville Copy Share Image
“How short a time a person had to be alive, he thought. How long to be dead.” — Kate Grenville Copy Share Image
“All this, grassy paddock, cows, trees - he had thought it was Nature. But now he could see that that was ignorance, or lack… — Kate Grenville Copy Share Image
The idea of perfection can be a tyrant you should overthrow, to gain your freedom. — Kate Grenville Copy Share Image
“What he had not learned from Latin or Greek he was learning from the people of New South Wales. It was this: you did… — Kate Grenville Copy Share Image
I love writing fiction - you can take just what you want from a place, and leave the rest. — Kate Grenville Copy Share Image
I don't think the physical object of a book has any sacred quality, so in principle I think ebooks are great - just another… — Kate Grenville Copy Share Image
I think we all waste a lot of time measuring ourselves up against impossible standards in lots of ways. We need to learn a… — Kate Grenville Copy Share Image
