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> [“ The morning has broken - I had thought of the morning like an egg that had split with a crack and was spreading. Before us lay all the green of the green country of England, with its rivers and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-waters/the-morning-has-broken-i-had-thought-of-the-morning-like-an-egg-that/)

[Sarah Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-waters/)

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## More by Sarah Waters

> [“Now, from the crown of my head to the curve of my toe-nails, there was an unguent for every part of me - oil…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-waters/now-from-the-crown-of-my-head-to-the-curve-of-my-toe-nails-there-was/)

[Sarah Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-waters/)

> [“Miss Craven held up a pair she thought would fit me—monstrous great things they were, of course, and I thought she smiled as she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-waters/miss-craven-held-up-a-pair-she-thought-would-fit-me-monstrous-great/)

[Sarah Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-waters/)

> [I barely knew I had skin before I met you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-waters/i-barely-knew-i-had-skin-before-i-met-you/)

[Sarah Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-waters/)

> [I suppose I really seemed mad, then; but it was only through the awfulness of having said nothing but the truth, and being thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-waters/i-suppose-i-really-seemed-mad-then-but-it-was-only-through-the/)

[Sarah Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-waters/)

> [My nan was a nursery maid. Most people weren't in big houses. They were maids of all work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-waters/my-nan-was-a-nursery-maid-most-people-weren-t-in-big-houses-they-were/)

[Sarah Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-waters/)

> [Being in love, you know... it's not like having a canary, in a cage. When you lose one sweetheart, you can't just go out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-waters/being-in-love-you-know-it-s-not-like-having-a-canary-in-a-cage-when/)

[Sarah Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-waters/)

> [For was that all, she thought bleakly, that love ever was? Something that saved one from loneliness? A sort of insurance policy against not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-waters/for-was-that-all-she-thought-bleakly-that-love-ever-was-something/)

[Sarah Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-waters/)

> [“And yet, I seemed to feel my eyes bound, too, with bands of silk. And at my throat there was a velvet collar.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-waters/and-yet-i-seemed-to-feel-my-eyes-bound-too-with-bands-of-silk-and-at/)

[Sarah Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-waters/)

> [“No-one speaks. No-one moves (…). We glide, softly, in silence, into our dark and separate hells”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-waters/no-one-speaks-no-one-moves-we-glide-softly-in-silence-into-our-dark/)

[Sarah Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-waters/)

> [“She loved these walks through London. She seemed, as she made them, to become porous, to soak in detail after detail; or else, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-waters/she-loved-these-walks-through-london-she-seemed-as-she-made-them-to/)

[Sarah Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-waters/)

> [“Oh, for shame! Nancy, have you never seen Florrie's face in a chrysanthemum, or a rose?' 'Never.' I said. 'Though there was a flounder…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-waters/oh-for-shame-nancy-have-you-never-seen-florrie-s-face-in-a/)

[Sarah Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-waters/)

> [“My locket hangs in my closet beside the glass, the only shining thing among so many shadows.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-waters/my-locket-hangs-in-my-closet-beside-the-glass-the-only-shining-thing/)

[Sarah Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-waters/)

> [“Mr Bliss looked grave. 'Your brother was very sensible to warn you, Miss Astley - but sadly misinformed. There are no trams in Trafalgur…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-waters/mr-bliss-looked-grave-your-brother-was-very-sensible-to-warn-you-miss/)

[Sarah Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-waters/)

> [I knew Id always be a second-rate academic, and I thought, Well, Id rather be a second-rate novelist or even a third-rate one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-waters/i-knew-id-always-be-a-second-rate-academic-and-i-thought-well-id/)

[Sarah Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-waters/)

> [“It is a world that is made of love. Did you think there is only the kind of love your sister knows for her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-waters/it-is-a-world-that-is-made-of-love-did-you-think-there-is-only-the/)

[Sarah Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-waters/)

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