It's been said that the men in my books have been absent, or weak, or creepy. — Kate Atkinson Absent Copy Share Image
Men had no purpose on earth whereas women were gods walking unrecognized among them. — Kate Atkinson Earth Copy Share Image
Sometimes,' Sylvie said, 'one can mistake gratitude for love. — Kate Atkinson Gratitude Copy Share Image
If people believed in eternal damnation they might not be seizing the day quite so much. — Kate Atkinson Damnation Copy Share Image
“Time is construct, in relativity every thing flows, no past or present, only the now.” — Kate Atkinson Clock Copy Share Image
I am mad, I think. I am mad therefore I think. I am mad therefore I think I am. — Kate Atkinson Mad Copy Share Image
“A good rule of thumb was that the more noise someone was making the less likely they were to die.” — Kate Atkinson Noise 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
She was a terrible mother, there was no doubt about it, but she didn't even have the strength to feel guilty. — Kate Atkinson Doubt Copy Share Image
“I don't actually live here," Reggie said. "Who does live here then?" "Ms. MacDonald, except that she doesn't because she's dead. Everyone's… — Kate Atkinson Life Copy Share Image
The past is a cupboard full of light and all you have to do is find the key that opens the door. — Kate Atkinson Cupboards Copy Share Image
Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing. — Kate Atkinson Abiding Copy Share Image
“Her true hope was that something would happen in the course of her time abroad that would mean she need never take… — Kate Atkinson Future Copy Share Image
“In the prosperous household of Sylvie's childhood, Cook was called 'Cook' but Mrs Glover preferred 'Mrs Glover'. It made her irreplaceable. Sylvie… — Kate Atkinson Children Copy Share Image
“Ah, I know," Bridget said. "For sure, you have the sixth sense." Mrs. Glover, wrestling with the plum pudding, snorted her disapproval.… — Kate Atkinson Curmudgeons Copy Share Image
Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical… — Kate Atkinson Books Copy Share Image
Sylvia loved secrets and even if she didn't have any secrets she made sure that you thought she did. Amelia had no… — Kate Atkinson Amelia Copy Share Image
“Kittens were in continual abundance on the farm, there was a kind of kitten currency in the neighborhood, they were bartered for… — Kate Atkinson Cats Copy Share Image
When you chopped logs with the ax and they split open they smelled beautiful, like Christmas. But when you split someone's head… — Kate Atkinson Another life Copy Share Image
“Mum had a Charles-and-Diana wedding mug that had survived longer than the marriage itself. Mum had worshipped Princess Di and frequently lamented… — Kate Atkinson Exercise Copy Share Image
Why do cats sleep so much? Perhaps they've been trusted with some major cosmic task, an essential law of physics - such… — Kate Atkinson Animal Copy Share Image
“Ursula tried to remember what her own last words to her father had been. A nonchalant 'See you later,' she concluded. The… — Kate Atkinson Death Copy Share Image
“Amelia envisaged that between York and the royal-infested Scottish Highlands there was a grimy wasteland of derelict cranes and abandoned mills and… — Kate Atkinson Fantasy Copy Share Image
“It was the kind of summer evening that made Ursula want to be alone. 'Oh,' Izzie said, 'You're at an age when… — Kate Atkinson Coming of age Copy Share Image
“He had taken a few days' leave from his army training and they had taken refuge in the Charing Cross Hotel while… — Kate Atkinson Fitness Copy Share Image
“She fed him scraps from her ragbag because words were all that were left now. Perhaps he could use them to pay… — Kate Atkinson Acts of kindness Copy Share Image
“Fox Corner - that's what we should call the house. No one else has a house with that name and shouldn't that… — Kate Atkinson Corner 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 Heart Copy Share Image
“From the open French windows Sylvie watched Maurice erecting a makeshift tennis net, which mostly seemed to involve whacking everything in sight… — Kate Atkinson Mystery Sylvie Copy Share Image
I feel as if I’m waiting for something dreadful to happen, and then I realize it already has. — Kate Atkinson Feel Copy Share Image
Probably not needing to be published would give me more time to think about a book. — Kate Atkinson Book Copy Share Image
“Pamela produced placid babies. "They don't tend to turn feral until they're two," she said.” — Kate Atkinson Babies Copy Share Image
“All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win is for enough good women to do nothing.” — Kate Atkinson Evil Copy Share Image
If you don't have a unique voice, then you're not really a writer. — Kate Atkinson Really Copy Share Image
“And I can't cry, I don't even want to cry. My tears would never do justice to this loss.” — Kate Atkinson Cried Copy Share Image
If they would all sleep all the time she wouldn't mind being their mother. — Kate Atkinson Mind Copy Share Image
