Katherine Rundell

“If music can shine, Sophie thought, this music shone... 'It's like eight thousand birds, Charles!' When the music closed, she clapped until…

— Katherine Rundell

“It's dancing! It's magical, actually. A kind of slowish magic. Like writing with your feet.”

— Katherine Rundell

“Wolves are the witches of the animal world.”

— Katherine Rundell

“An Englishman without an umbrella is less than half a man,” he said. Matteo”

— Katherine Rundell

“You shouldn't say what you don't mean”

— Katherine Rundell

“It was what her mother had always been. A place to put down her heart. A resting stop to recover her breath.…

— Katherine Rundell

“It's best not to get too hungry if you can avoid it. If you get hungry enough, you will start feeling that…

— Katherine Rundell

“I might not have told you if I'd known why you were asking.”

— Katherine Rundell

“Reading is almost exactly like a cartwheel; it turns the world upside down and leaves you breathless”

— Katherine Rundell

“Let me introduce you. Sophie, this is Miss Eliot, from the National Childcare Agency. Miss Eliot, this is Sophie, from the ocean.”

— Katherine Rundell

“You have been the great green adventure of my life. Without you my days would be unlit.”

— Katherine Rundell