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““I spend some time every week in independent bookshops all over the country and what I see is inspiring!””

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Those who have not been stung will hardly fear a bee the same as those who have.

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“We are in the middle of the biggest revolution in reading and writing since the advent of the Gutenberg press.”

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The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout.

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“The bonds between a family are strange indeed.”

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History is full of blank spaces, but good stories, invariably, are not.

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Grabbing readers by the imagination is a writer's job.

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As an historical novelist - there are few jobs more retrospective. I dumped science at an early age.

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“Words cannot do justice to the pleasures of a good bookshop. Ironically. (Waterstones Trafalgar Square)”

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“Forever feels a long time when you're eighteen. When you're away from home for the first time in your life, when you forge instant…

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“Yes, we know you are a graduate with PhD. But when was the last time you chase after a book shop to buy and…

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“The bookshop felt damp and chilly, but it was still and unsupervised bookshop, and Anna felt a frisson of excitement as she scanned the…

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“If you want to talk about it with someone, then I`m happy to listen, or try and help, but you should only tell me…

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“Nothing belongs to itself anymore. These trees are yours because you once looked at them. These streets are yours because you once traversed them.…

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“Coffee makes you alert, books make you awake. Booze makes you forget life, books bring you to life.”

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“That's the problem with lying. You can never remember what you've said.”

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“Coffee makes you alert, books make you awake.”

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“I love lying here with you, under the books.”

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“I am not a people pleaser. I am not a person who says things because she thinks it will make the other person happy,…

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“Books and bookcases cropping up in stuff that I've written means that they have to be reproduced on stage or on film. This isn't…

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