29 quotes found
Novelist · British
British novelist
“She's cuckoo, laying her egg in my nest.”
“I'm not romantic, and I don't like Christmas.”
“People think it's terribly sad to spend Christmas alone, but it's no sadder, really, than spending any other day alone, is it?”
“I was commissioned to write some romantic fiction, and I really liked doing those, and they were very instructive in terms of building characters and plots. But it never felt right for me.”
“We tell our stories differently, don't we, you and I?”
“Let’s be honest: women are still only really valued for two things—their looks and their role as mothers.”
“I have never understood how people can blithely disregard the damage they do by following their hearts.”
“It’s impossible to resist the kindness of strangers. Someone who looks at you, who doesn’t know you, who tells you it’s OK, whatever you did, whatever you’ve done: you suffered, you hurt, you deser...”
“Some days I feel so bad that I have to drink; some days I feel so bad that I can’t.”
