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> [Most romances aren't swept aside by big historical events. Most romances in the history of the world fall apart because of other, smaller happenings. History can sometimes be in the background, the thing which instead of rupturing your life merely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/most-romances-aren-t-swept-aside-by-big-historical-events-most/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

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## More by Ned Beauman

> [There are probably a couple of things I'd never write about until everyone I know is dead. And then there's other stuff which nobody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/there-are-probably-a-couple-of-things-i-d-never-write-about-until/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

> [I would love to learn how to air kiss non-awkwardly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/i-would-love-to-learn-how-to-air-kiss-non-awkwardly/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

> [Naming one thing after another cannot, logically, increase the chances of the new thing turning out like the old thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/naming-one-thing-after-another-cannot-logically-increase-the-chances/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

> [“That was how Sinner got his first taste of anything other than the froth on his father's ale. It made you grimace, but if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/that-was-how-sinner-got-his-first-taste-of-anything-other-than-the/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

> [Politicians often like to suggest that their policies come about through objective thinking, but if you look at British fascists, for example, what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/politicians-often-like-to-suggest-that-their-policies-come-about/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

> [Plot is tremendously important to me: I can't stand books where nothing happens, and I can't imagine ever writing a novel without at least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/plot-is-tremendously-important-to-me-i-can-t-stand-books-where/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

> [Until I was 16, I read nothing but science fiction. I loved William Gibson and I still do. But my favourite book when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/until-i-was-16-i-read-nothing-but-science-fiction-i-loved-william/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

> [“What does it do?" said Loeser. "You feel as if you're being sucked down this fathomless, gloomy tunnel. Or to put it another way,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/what-does-it-do-said-loeser-you-feel-as-if-you-re-being-sucked-down/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

> [Most romances aren't swept aside by big historical events. Most romances in the history of the world fall apart because of other, smaller happenings.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/most-romances-aren-t-swept-aside-by-big-historical-events-most/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

> [The simile has to match the tone of its surroundings and has to be like a little joke. Writing a simile that isn't funny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/the-simile-has-to-match-the-tone-of-its-surroundings-and-has-to-be/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

> [I'm very finicky about when I'm in the right mood to write. So most days, I find some excuse not to do anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/i-m-very-finicky-about-when-i-m-in-the-right-mood-to-write-so-most/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

> [“accidents, like women, allude”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/accidents-like-women-allude/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

> [I love sentences. I love characters. But most of all, perhaps, I love to work on plot, and that may be where my natural…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/i-love-sentences-i-love-characters-but-most-of-all-perhaps-i-love-to/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

> [You couldn’t truly love anything if you didn’t hate at least something. Indeed, perhaps you couldn’t truly love anything if you didn’t hate almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/you-couldn-t-truly-love-anything-if-you-didn-t-hate-at-least/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

> [“The Nazis, he had written in his latest, "are wedded to a sort of aesthetico-moral fallacy, which is that if a man has blond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/the-nazis-he-had-written-in-his-latest-are-wedded-to-a-sort-of/)

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