Love Quote by Katherine Rundell

Books crowbar the world open for you.

— Katherine Rundell

“She hated official letters. They made her feel nervous. The people who wrote them sounded like they had filing cabinets where their hearts should…

— Katherine Rundell

It's like eight thousand birds, Charles! Charles! Isn't it like eight thousand birds?

— Katherine Rundell

“Perhaps, she thought, that’s what love does. It’s not there to make you feel special. It’s to make you brave. It was like a…

— Katherine Rundell

“When Sophie had first learned to read, Charles had kept the whisky in a bottle labeled CAT'S URINE, so that Sophie would not touch…

— Katherine Rundell

“Keep you secret, then, my darling. Everybody needs them. Secrets make you tough, and wily.”

— Katherine Rundell

“Quite suddenly Sophie couldn't bear it. She pelted up to her bedroom, tripping over the stairs. The tears in her eyes were making the…

— Katherine Rundell

“The baby was almost certainly one year old. They knew this because of the red rosette pinned to her front, which read, 1! "Or…

— Katherine Rundell

“But it's a child ! You're a man !" "Your powers of observation are formidable," said Charles. "You are a credit to your optician.”

— Katherine Rundell

“If you have money to waste on wishes, you don't need the wishes as badly as I need the money.”

— Katherine Rundell

I do, I’m afraid, understand books far more readily than I understand people. Books are so easy to get along with.

— Katherine Rundell

“Governments can do both great and stupid things.”

— Katherine Rundell