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I don't want to spoil the magic, but it's a very curious thing that honestly baffles me. It's the nearest we'll ever… — Kate Atkinson Aspects Copy Share Image
When I started 'Case Histories,' the characters were all going to Antarctica on a cruise. The first part was called 'Embarkation.' It… — Kate Atkinson About Copy Share Image
I think about death a lot, I really do, because I can't believe I won't exist. It's the ego isn't it? I… — Kate Atkinson Believe 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 Compliment Copy Share Image
“And who thought it was a good idea to rent bicycles to Italian adolescent language students? If hell did exist, which Jackson… — Kate Atkinson Committee 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
I was an only child and grew up in York where my parents ran a surgical supplies shop. When I say I… — Kate Atkinson Beginning Copy Share Image
“You could guarantee a decent cup of coffee in Betty's, but it went beyond the decent coffee and the respectable girls (and… — Kate Atkinson Coffee Copy Share Image
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“That was how history worked, wasn't it? If it wasn't written down it never existed. You might leave behind jewelry and pottery,… — Kate Atkinson History Copy Share Image
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My highest point was the first thing I won, a short story competition in a women's magazine in the Eighties. It was… — Kate Atkinson Anyone Copy Share Image
She should have done science, not spent all her time with her head in novels. Novels gave you a completely false idea… — Kate Atkinson Books Copy Share Image
Julia's vocabulary was "chock-full" of strangely archaic words - "spiffing," "crumbs," "jeepers" - that seemed to have originated in some prewar girls'… — Kate Atkinson Annuals Copy Share Image
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