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Diane Setterfield Quotes

I read *old* novels. The reason is simple. I prefer proper endings Picture Quote #1

Tragedy alters everything Picture Quote #1

Everybody has a story. It’s like families. You might not know who they are, might have lost them, but they exist all the same. You might drift apart or you might turn your back on them, but you can’t say you haven’t got them. Same goes for stories Picture Quote #1

My liking for Scandinavian crime fiction led me into exploring literary writers from the same countries Picture Quote #1

Excessively narrow reading is unhelpful, certainly. Reading only Serious Literature is no better than reading only trash in this respect Picture Quote #1

There was no single moment when I thought, Aha! What a great idea! Rather there was a slow and gradual accumulation of numerous small ideas Picture Quote #1

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Prescription: ‘Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes. Take ten pages, twice a day, til end of course Picture Quote #1

But there can be no secrets in a house where there are children Picture Quote #1

What better place to kill time than a library? Picture Quote #1

For me to see is to read. It has always been that way Picture Quote #1

Boys do not leave their boyhood behind when they leave off their school uniform Picture Quote #1

When one is nothing, one invents. It fills a void Picture Quote #1

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There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner Picture Quote #1

Sometimes when you open the door to the past, what you confront is your destiny Picture Quote #1

Sometimes you can know things. Things about yourself. Things from before you can remember Picture Quote #1

As for you, you are alive. But it’s not the same as living Picture Quote #1

A good story is always more dazzling than a broken piece of truth Picture Quote #1

For it must be very lonely being dead Picture Quote #1

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Reading can be dangerous Picture Quote #1

In this cruel world kindness should always be repaid Picture Quote #1

I don’t pretend reality is the same for everyone Picture Quote #1

Though my appetite for food grew frail, my hunger for books was constant Picture Quote #1

Without the past to cast its long shadow, might you see the future more clearly? Picture Quote #1

People with ambition don’t give a damn what other people think of them Picture Quote #1

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The line between life and death is narrow and dark, and a bereaved twin lives closer to it than most Picture Quote #1

There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner. Wind themselves around your limbs like spider silk, and when you are so enthralled you cannot move, they pierce your skin, enter your blood, numb your thoughts. Inside you they work their magic Picture Quote #1

All children mythologise their birth. It is a universal trait. You want to know someone? Heart, mind and soul? Ask him to tell you about when he was born. What you get won’t be the truth: it will be a story. And nothing is more telling than a story Picture Quote #1

Endings that are muted, but which echo longer in the memory than louder, more explosive denouements Picture Quote #1

Like flies in amber, like corpses frozen in in ice, that which according to the laws of nature should pass away is by the miracle of ink on paper, preserved. It is a kind of magic. As one tends the graves of the dead, so I tend the books. And every day I open a volume or two, read a few lines or pages, allow the voices of the forgotten dead to resonate inside my head Picture Quote #1

Rose waited for the night to bring her the same comfort. It didn't. Her mother was dead... she was now too exhausted to sleep - and too heartbroken to weep Picture Quote #1

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I read *old* novels. The reason is simple. I prefer proper endings (Diane Setterfield Quotes) Tragedy alters everything (Diane Setterfield Quotes) Everybody has a story. It’s like families. You might not know who they are, might have lost them, but they exist all the same. You might drift apart or you might turn your back on them, but you can’t say you haven’t got them. Same goes for stories. (Diane Setterfield Quotes) My liking for Scandinavian crime fiction led me into exploring literary writers from the same countries. (Diane Setterfield Quotes) Excessively narrow reading is unhelpful, certainly. Reading only Serious Literature is no better than reading only trash in this respect. (Diane Setterfield Quotes) There was no single moment when I thought, Aha! What a great idea! Rather there was a slow and gradual accumulation of numerous small ideas (Diane Setterfield Quotes) Prescription: ‘Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes. Take ten pages, twice a day, til end of course (Diane Setterfield Quotes) But there can be no secrets in a house where there are children (Diane Setterfield Quotes) What better place to kill time than a library? (Diane Setterfield Quotes) For me to see is to read. It has always been that way (Diane Setterfield Quotes) Boys do not leave their boyhood behind when they leave off their school uniform (Diane Setterfield Quotes) When one is nothing, one invents. It fills a void (Diane Setterfield Quotes) There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner (Diane Setterfield Quotes) Sometimes when you open the door to the past, what you confront is your destiny (Diane Setterfield Quotes) Sometimes you can know things. Things about yourself. Things from before you can remember (Diane Setterfield Quotes) As for you, you are alive. But it’s not the same as living (Diane Setterfield Quotes) A good story is always more dazzling than a broken piece of truth (Diane Setterfield Quotes) For it must be very lonely being dead (Diane Setterfield Quotes) Reading can be dangerous (Diane Setterfield Quotes) In this cruel world kindness should always be repaid (Diane Setterfield Quotes) I don’t pretend reality is the same for everyone (Diane Setterfield Quotes) Though my appetite for food grew frail, my hunger for books was constant (Diane Setterfield Quotes) Without the past to cast its long shadow, might you see the future more clearly? (Diane Setterfield Quotes) People with ambition don’t give a damn what other people think of them (Diane Setterfield Quotes) The line between life and death is narrow and dark, and a bereaved twin lives closer to it than most (Diane Setterfield Quotes) There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner. Wind themselves around your limbs like spider silk, and when you are so enthralled you cannot move, they pierce your skin, enter your blood, numb your thoughts. Inside you they work their magic (Diane Setterfield Quotes) All children mythologise their birth. It is a universal trait. You want to know someone? Heart, mind and soul? Ask him to tell you about when he was born. What you get won’t be the truth: it will be a story. And nothing is more telling than a story (Diane Setterfield Quotes) Endings that are muted, but which echo longer in the memory than louder, more explosive denouements (Diane Setterfield Quotes) Like flies in amber, like corpses frozen in in ice, that which according to the laws of nature should pass away is by the miracle of ink on paper, preserved. It is a kind of magic. As one tends the graves of the dead, so I tend the books. And every day I open a volume or two, read a few lines or pages, allow the voices of the forgotten dead to resonate inside my head (Diane Setterfield Quotes) Rose waited for the night to bring her the same comfort. It didn't. Her mother was dead... she was now too exhausted to sleep - and too heartbroken to weep (Diane Setterfield Quotes)

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