Oh, God. What was happening to her, she was turning into a normal person. — Kate Atkinson Heart Copy Share Image
“Lily was a Fabian, a society suffragette who risked nothing for her beliefs.” — Kate Atkinson Faith Copy Share Image
Hindsight's a wonderful thing. If we all had it there would be no history to write about. — Kate Atkinson Hindsight Copy Share Image
“Ursula found herself dwelling on Hugh's death, his absence more than his death.” — Kate Atkinson Death Copy Share Image
“...but one cannot look backward, only forward. What has passed has passed forever.” — Kate Atkinson Backward Copy Share Image
“Butter was plastered on to the roll with no regard for the hard labor of the cow” — Kate Atkinson Butter Copy Share Image
“The only way to stop the tears was to keep drinking the whisky.” — Kate Atkinson Tears Copy Share Image
“Hindsight’s a wonderful thing,” Klara said. “If we all had it there would be no history to write about.” — Kate Atkinson Hindsight Copy Share Image
“How calm the house was. How deceptive that could be. One could lose everything in the blink of an eye, the slip… — Kate Atkinson Blink of an eye Copy Share Image
Not being published would be great. When I say that to other writers they look at me as if I'm totally insane. — Kate Atkinson Being Copy Share Image
“He was never entirely sure what financial services meant. It seemed to cover a spectrum from innocent to guilty and then extremely… — Kate Atkinson Capitalism Copy Share Image
I spent four years doing a doctorate in postmodern American literature. I can recognize it when I see it. — Kate Atkinson American Copy Share Image
“This was their third bar since Piccadilly and they were both agreed that the two of them were very drunk but had… — Kate Atkinson Drunk Copy Share Image
“You don’t see the point of English literature?’ ‘I don’t see the point of studying it. Surely one just reads it?” — Kate Atkinson Books Copy Share Image
The cult of the individual is killing us. I think Twitter signals the death of western civilisation, but people have been saying… — Kate Atkinson Been Copy Share Image
“Don't you wonder sometimes,' Ursula said. 'If just one small thing had been changed, in the past, I mean. If Hitler had… — Kate Atkinson Changed Copy Share Image
“Twittering just seemed to be people telling other people what they were doing--getting in the shower, making coffee. Who on earth wanted… — Kate Atkinson Babble Copy Share Image
“If Richard had lived, perhaps... but one cannot look backwards, only forwards. What has passed has passed for ever. What is it… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
Life is a very orderly thing, but in fiction there is a huge liberation and freedom. I can do what I like.… — Kate Atkinson Although Copy Share Image
“In the half-century of his life, a tick on the Doomsday clock, he had borne witness to the most unbelievable technological advances.… — Kate Atkinson Crime Copy Share Image
I'm a lapsed Quaker. I don't go to meetings any more. But I'm very drawn to Catholicism - all that glitter. I'd… — Kate Atkinson Absolution Copy Share Image
“Did God get out of bed one morning and draw back the curtains (Reggie's imaginary God led a very domesticated life) and… — Kate Atkinson Death Copy Share Image
I usually start writing a novel that I then abandon. When I say abandon, I don't think any writer ever abandons anything… — Kate Atkinson Abandon Copy Share Image
“Winter dark, five o'clock in the morning by the little gold carriage clock on the bedroom mantelpiece. The clock, an English one… — Kate Atkinson Dark Copy Share Image
I can't help but think that it's an unfortunate custom to name children after people who come to sticky ends. Even if… — Kate Atkinson Character Copy Share Image
“Stella was one of Mr Bullock’s ‘chorus girls’ and confessed (readily) to being a ‘striptease artiste’ but Mr Armitage the opera singer… — Kate Atkinson Intolerance Copy Share Image
Some people spend their whole lives looking for themselves, yet our self is the one thing we surely cannot lose (how like… — Kate Atkinson Blood Copy Share Image
“The mountain panorama was the backdrop to every photo taken here, the backdrop to everything. At first Ursula had thought it beautiful,… — Kate Atkinson Bed of roses Copy Share Image
“Louise was an urbanite, she preferred the gut-thrilling sound of an emergency siren slicing through the night to the noise of country… — Kate Atkinson City Copy Share Image
“The roof of the big top was dark blue, spangled with silver stars, and it reminded him of something but he couldn't… — Kate Atkinson Dark blue Copy Share Image
“The triumph of the human spirit,” the new nursing sister said, new enough to talk about “positive outcomes” and “enhancement programmes”—emollient management-speak,… — Kate Atkinson Health Copy Share Image
“How many times would he disappoint you in a day if you were married to him, Ursula wondered?” — Kate Atkinson Disappointment Copy Share Image
The great thing about writing compared to life is getting to tie things up. — Kate Atkinson Great Copy Share Image
“He was officially a lunatic, she decided. Strangely, that didn't make him less attractive.” — Kate Atkinson Jackson-brodie Copy Share Image
It's been said that the men in my books have been absent, or weak, or creepy. — Kate Atkinson Absent Copy Share Image
