“The only way to stop the tears was to keep drinking the whisky.” — Kate Atkinson Tears Copy Share Image
Love was the hardest thing. Don't let anyone ever tell you different. — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
“you walk into a room and your life ends but you keep on living.” — Kate Atkinson Life Copy Share Image
(although anyone with half a brain must surely be mired in existential gloom all the time) — Kate Atkinson Brain Copy Share Image
“I know,” Ursula said, “it’s like the Emperor’s new clothes.” — Kate Atkinson Fashion 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 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 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
“Good news?’ Gloria queried. She wondered if Emily was pregnant again (was that good news?), so she was taken aback when Emily… — Kate Atkinson Good news 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
I spent four years doing a doctorate in postmodern American literature. I can recognize it when I see it. — Kate Atkinson 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
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
“Nor, says Nora, do we want commonplace tales of hausfrau Angst, of the woman heroically making over her life with a handsome… — Kate Atkinson Children Copy Share Image
“Vinny rarely leaves the house so when she does it's an occasion of some importance to her. She spends a lot of… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
Fairy tales opened up a door into my imagination - they don't conform to the reality that's around you as a child.… — Kate Atkinson Children 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 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
“Ah, I know," Bridget said. "For sure, you have the sixth sense." Mrs. Glover, wrestling with the plum pudding, snorted her disapproval.… — Kate Atkinson 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 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
“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
“trying to restore some kind of natural balance of humors in the world.” — Kate Atkinson Comedy Copy Share Image
Most people muddled through events and only in retrospect realized their significance. — Kate Atkinson Events Copy Share Image
The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories. — Kate Atkinson Beginning Copy Share Image
“A coincidence is just an explanation waiting to happen” — Kate Atkinson Coincidence Copy Share Image
“Just because something bad had happened to her doesn't mean it won't happen again.” — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
“Of course, I don’t believe in God,’ Dr Kellet said. ‘But I believe in heaven. One has to,” — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
“A woman should be a comfort and a relief, a restful pillow for the weary head.” — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
She doesn't believe in dogs," Bridget said. "Dogs are hardly an article of faith," Sylvie said. — Kate Atkinson Animal Copy Share Image
If they would all sleep all the time she wouldn't mind being their mother. — Kate Atkinson Mind Copy Share Image
