“She was tremendously fond of Ralph. Not hounded by love the way some women were. With Crighton she had been teased endlessly… — Kate Atkinson Dogs Copy Share Image
“Afterwards—because it turned out that there was to be an afterwards for Teddy—he resolved that he would try always to be kind.… — Kate Atkinson Love Copy Share Image
“There were other war veterans in the neighborhood, visible thanks to their limps or missing limbs. All those unclaimed arms and legs… — Kate Atkinson War Copy Share Image
“Lily was a Fabian, a society suffragette who risked nothing for her beliefs.” — Kate Atkinson Faith Copy Share Image
“A man with an Irish accent could sound wise and poetic and interesting even when he wasn’t.” — Kate Atkinson Irish accent Copy Share Image
Perhaps we are on an insula ex machina, an artificial place not in the real world at all -- a backdrop for… — Kate Atkinson Exes Copy Share Image
“She had had affairs over the years ... but she had never been pregnant, never been a mother or a wife and… — Kate Atkinson Parenting 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
I have been to the world's end and back and now I know what I would put in my bottom drawer .I… — Kate Atkinson Bottom Copy Share Image
Patricia embraces me on the station platform. 'The past is what you leave behind in life, Ruby,' she says with the smile… — Kate Atkinson Behinds Copy Share Image
“Sylvie's children really only came into focus for her when in isolation. Together, they were an unwieldy flock, singly they had character.” — Kate Atkinson Children Copy Share Image
“Untouched by morning and untouched by noon, sleep the meek members of the Resurrection, rafter of satin and roof of stone.’ Emily… — Kate Atkinson Morning 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 Life Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, my neural pathways get blocked. I can't read. I can barely hold a conversation without forgetting words and names.… — Kate Atkinson Blocked Copy Share Image
“The reason she had taken the long way round was on the unlikely chance that she might engineer an "accidental" meeting with… — Kate Atkinson Long way Copy Share Image
“She...wanted no one—apart from men in nineteenth-century novels, which put a whole new spin on the idea of 'unattainable.” — Kate Atkinson Fictional-men Copy Share Image
“I'm always so glad,' Sylvie murmured, 'that I don't have to take a turn at being other people.' 'You're very good at… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
She doesn't believe in dogs," Bridget said. "Dogs are hardly an article of faith," Sylvie said. — Kate Atkinson Articles Copy Share Image
“I dreamt of going on the stage once," he said, looking crestfallen. "It's never too late," I said vaguely. A lie, of… — Kate Atkinson Dreams Copy Share Image
“Sylvie was surprised by the rabid patriotism of the women on the platform, surely war should make pacifists of all women?” — Kate Atkinson War Copy Share Image
My work is not my life. I started writing quite late, I didn't have that 'writing is everything, my art is all.'… — Kate Atkinson Able Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it takes just one good man, Ursula said to him during the war. Neither of them could think of an example… — Kate Atkinson Bad man Copy Share Image
