“Or was she going to be sensible, reliable, patient Elinor who never put her own feelings first because -- let's face it -- she didn't have any worth considering in the first place, did she?” — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
I'm an enormous fan of people who have had a lot of faith in themselves, and been on a tremendous journey. — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
“Finding the home had been dispiriting at best. And the best had been only very occasional. She had been appalled, and alarmed, by most… — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
My view of an excellent novel was probably set in the golden age of fiction in the 19th century: narrative, character and voice are… — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
You can change yourself and you can change the situation but you absolutely cannot change other people. Only they can do that. — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
I'm a third done into a new book but sorry - I have a superstition about talking about it! — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
“She trusted her instincts; she trusted those dear to her; she trusted her emotions and her passions. She drank deep, you could see that;… — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
All TV can do is capture the spirit of a book because the medium is so utterly different. But I'm very grateful for the… — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
I don't need to marry again. I've been married twice, and I love it when it works, but these days we live until we're… — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
“You’re stuck with yourself, so you might as well try and be someone you can stand to live with.” — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
“We all overlay our feelings with too much thinking. We are afraid of our feelings because they are arbitrary and volatile, and we often… — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
“a dog would be comfortably companionable and an uncomplicated distraction from the inside of his own head, and that one could safely say, out… — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
You can't be too old to be a writer, but you can definitely be too young! — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
You can't love a library of e-books. You can't furnish a room with e-books. — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
