“Dr. Kellet himself wore a three-piece Harris tweed suit strung with a large gold fob watch. He smelled of cloves and pipe… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
Whatever happens to you, embrace it, the good and the bad equally. Death is just one more thing to be embraced. — Kate Atkinson Death 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
“common language was a wonderful idea, but utterly utopian. All good ideas were, she said sadly.” — Kate Atkinson Good ideas Copy Share Image
“Ursula had grown rather callous about George Glover’s lungs, she had heard so much of them that they seemed to have a… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
“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
Sometimes,' Sylvie said, 'one can mistake gratitude for love. — Kate Atkinson Gratitude Copy Share Image
Most people muddled through events and only in retrospect realized their significance. — Kate Atkinson Events Copy Share Image
If they would all sleep all the time she wouldn't mind being their mother. — Kate Atkinson Mind Copy Share Image
“I suppose a better sister would have set about weaving him a shirt from nettles and throwing it over his furred-over body… — Kate Atkinson Cat food Copy Share Image
“I was distracted suddenly from these pleasant thoughts by noticing that, like the eyes in certain portraits, Heather’s nipples seemed to have… — Kate Atkinson Pleasant thoughts 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
'Feminism' is such an incredibly awkward word for us these days, isn't it? Not to be feminist would be bizarre, wouldn't it? — Kate Atkinson Awkward Copy Share Image
“After Marlee was born they rented videos and fell asleep in front of them. Now, like so much else in Jackson's world,… — Kate Atkinson Obsolete Copy Share Image
“I don't think I'd mind working on a cheese counter. It would leave my mind free to do whatever it wanted -… — Kate Atkinson Aloneness Copy Share Image
“All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win is for enough good women to do nothing.” — Kate Atkinson 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
Oh, God. What was happening to her, she was turning into a normal person. — Kate Atkinson Normal Copy Share Image
“That was how you lost people, a little carelessness and they just slipped through your fingers.” — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
