Quotes by Sara Sheridan

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Activist and writer · Scottish

Scottish activist and writer

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“If the universe was scientific and just left to itself, then we’d have statistical probabilities to rely on. But once people are involved it sometimes becomes much more problematic because they’re ...”

— Sara Sheridan

crazy erratic people probability

“Communism,” I observed, “is a pile of wank.”

— Sara Sheridan

communism

“She picked up the stout and took a sip. It slid down her throat like silk.”

— Sara Sheridan

alcohol beer drinking mirabellebevan

“Afternoon drinkers shifted in the gloom as if they sensed new blood.”

— Sara Sheridan

alcohol atmosphere drinking mirabelle-began

“People are so different in wartime. No one gets to be ordinary. Not really.”

— Sara Sheridan

different ordinary people wartime

“I wondered if that was what I was doing myself – caring so much about something that was so long gone that I was only propping it up.”

— Sara Sheridan

caring propping-up

“Escapers were the cream of the crop.”

— Sara Sheridan

escape soldiers war wwii

“Mirabelle sat down, dropping into the cushions like a ball being caught in a large leather glove.”

— Sara Sheridan

cushions description mirabelle-bevan prose

“Reticence was clearly a national characteristic, even if the other person spoke French.”

— Sara Sheridan

france french mirabellebevan paris