All Tracy Chevalier Quotes
- I find that when I come out of the library I'm in what I call the library bliss of being totally taken away from the… Bliss
- Yes, well, life is a folly. If you live long enough, nothing is surprising. Enough Nothing
- My father was often impatient during March, waiting for winter to end, the cold to ease, the sun to reappear. March was an unpredictable month,… Clear
- The sign of a masterpiece: A painting when there's a lack of resolution. Inspiration
- Don't write about what you know - write about what you're interested in. Don't write about yourself - you aren't as interesting as you think. Interested
- It's those little daily incidents of life that are dramatic, and if you put a frame around it , suddenly they become much bigger and… Bigger
- He saw things in a way that others did not, so that a city I had lived in all my life seemed a different place,… All
- It's a rare book that wins the battle against drooping eyelids. Battle
- Jane Austen easily used half a page describing someone else's eyes; she would not appreciate summarizing her reading tastes in ten titles. Appreciate
- So many (too many) books are published every year, and it seems everyone is writing a book. Perhaps we should all be reading more and… All
- We say very little, for we do not need to. We are silent together, each in her own world, knowing the other is just at… Each
- I didn't move. I've learned from years of experience that dogs and falcons and ladies come back to you if you stay where you are. Come Back
- Say something worth the words. Funny
- I had walked along that street all my life, but had never been so aware that my back was to my home All
- I have spent my life waiting for something to happen,’ she said. ‘And I have come to understand that nothing will. Or it already has,… Angel
- I wanted to wear the mantle and the pearls. I wanted to know the man who painted her like that. Inspirational
- You're so calm and quiet, you never say. But there are things inside you. I see them sometimes, hiding in your eyes. Calm
- Over his shoulder I saw a star fall. It was me. Fall
- It was not a house where secrets could be kept easily. Easily
- You know I don’t listen to market gossip,” she began, “but it is hard not to hear it when my daughter’s name is mentioned. Began
- I have consistently loved books that I've read when I've been sick in bed. Bed
- As I get older, I use less jewelry - necklace or earrings each morning, not both; my clothes are getting more basic - fewer colours… Basic
- As a reader, I happen to like turning pages and wanting to know what happens next. Happen
- Normally book ideas come to me in a moment. Book
- I try to write 1,000 words a day - about three pages. When I reach 1,000 words I feel good. Less than that: a failure.… Day