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title: "2 Edge Quotes By Sara Sheridan"
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> [I once did an event with Ian Rankin where he said he didn't really need to do much background research because his books are set in the present, and I just thought: 'You lucky, lucky beast!' because as a historical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/i-once-did-an-event-with-ian-rankin-where-he-said-he-didn-t-really/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

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> [People were consuming on average less calories after the war than during the war. Things were still very tough. If you look at the film footage of London streets, even in areas which weren't slums, there are kids in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/people-were-consuming-on-average-less-calories-after-the-war-than/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

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## More by Sara Sheridan

> [Everyone assumes writers spend their time lounging around, writing and occasionally striking a pose whilst having a think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/everyone-assumes-writers-spend-their-time-lounging-around-writing-and/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

> [“Kissing her is like drinking salted water, he thinks. His thirst only increases.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/kissing-her-is-like-drinking-salted-water-he-thinks-his-thirst-only/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

> [Those who have not been stung will hardly fear a bee the same as those who have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/those-who-have-not-been-stung-will-hardly-fear-a-bee-the-same-as/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

> [“We are in the middle of the biggest revolution in reading and writing since the advent of the Gutenberg press.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/we-are-in-the-middle-of-the-biggest-revolution-in-reading-and-writing/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

> [The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/the-sky-was-a-sparkling-succession-of-black-diamonds-on-black-velvet/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

> [“The bonds between a family are strange indeed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/the-bonds-between-a-family-are-strange-indeed/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

> [History is full of blank spaces, but good stories, invariably, are not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/history-is-full-of-blank-spaces-but-good-stories-invariably-are-not/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

> [“The mass communications that could enable our politics for good have instead turned it into a bland conglomeration of stinted opinion cloaked in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/the-mass-communications-that-could-enable-our-politics-for-good-have/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

> [I've found myself moved by letters and diaries in archives as well as trashy, summer blockbusters. It's possible to make a connection with any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/i-ve-found-myself-moved-by-letters-and-diaries-in-archives-as-well-as/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

> [Grabbing readers by the imagination is a writer's job.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/grabbing-readers-by-the-imagination-is-a-writer-s-job/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

> [As an historical novelist - there are few jobs more retrospective. I dumped science at an early age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/as-an-historical-novelist-there-are-few-jobs-more-retrospective-i/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

> [“Crime writers, I've noticed, can be jumpy. They live in a world where there are murderers on the loose and they haven't been caught…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/crime-writers-i-ve-noticed-can-be-jumpy-they-live-in-a-world-where/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

> [“The writing talent of Edinburgh is textured - we have poets, novelists, non-fiction writers, dramatists and more.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/the-writing-talent-of-edinburgh-is-textured-we-have-poets-novelists/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

> [“Communism,” I observed, “is a pile of wank.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/communism-i-observed-is-a-pile-of-wank/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

> [A word out of place or an interesting choice of vocabulary can spawn a whole character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/a-word-out-of-place-or-an-interesting-choice-of-vocabulary-can-spawn/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

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