Best Sarah Waters Quotes
- With every step I took away from her, the movement at my heart and between my legs grew more defined: I felt like a ventriloquist,… Defined
- She scissored the curls away, and - toms, grow easily sentimental over their haircuts, but I remember this sensation very vividly - it was not… All
- We fitted together like the two halves of an oyster-shell. I was Narcissus, embracing the pond in which I was about to drown. However much… Anybody
- ..this feeling haunts and inhabits me, like a sickness. it covers me, like skin. Covers
- My story is the story of many postwar British families. Upward mobility. A council house and then new affluence. Affluence
- My parents were the first in our family to go to grammar school. My grandparents were in service. Family
- All I can do is write about whatever grabs me. All
- I was mad about the theatre growing up, really mad. We had a local theatre, the Torch, and I used to usher there. I would… Growing
- I used to hate flying. I would sit there, rigid, convinced that if I relaxed, the plane would drop out of the sky. Convinced
- I love research. Sometimes I think writing novels is just an excuse to allow myself this leisurely time of getting to know a period and… Allow
- I never expected my books to do even as well as they have. I still feel grateful for it, every single day. Books
- I was encouraged to be imaginative and read, and it was a great childhood for a budding writer because I had the time and the… Budding