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Diane Setterfield Quotes

But he is a man, hence cannot see how tiresome it is to have explained at length what one has already fully understood Picture Quote #1

For nearly sixty years I have eavesdropped with impunity on the lives of people who do not exist Picture Quote #1

In speech he stretched out his vowel sounds to give his mouth a rest before the next consonant Picture Quote #1

Opening the book, I inhaled. the smell of old books, so sharp, so dry you can taste it Picture Quote #1

Every so often I take out a volume and read a page or two. After all, reading is looking after in a manner of speaking. Though they’re not old enough to be valuable for their age alone, nor important enough to be sought after by collectors, my charges are dear to me, even if, as often as not, they are as dull on the inside as on the outside. No matter how banal the contents, there is always something that touches me. For someone now dead once thought these words significant enough to write them down Picture Quote #1

One gets so used to one’s own horrors, one forgets how they must seem to other people Picture Quote #1

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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

What better way to get to know someone than through her choice and treatment of books? Picture Quote #1

Do they sense it, these dead writers, when their books are read? Does a pinprick of light appear in their darkness? Is their soul stirred by the feather touch of another mind reading theirs? I do hope so Picture Quote #1

The hours between eight in the evening and one or two in the morning have always been my magic hours. Against the blue candlewick bedspread the white pages of my open book, illuminated by a circle of lamplight, were the gateway to another world Picture Quote #1

I have always been a reader; I have read at every stage of my life and there has never been a time when reading was not my greatest joy. And yet I cannot pretend that the reading I have done in my adult years matches in its impact on my soul the reading I did as a child. I still believe in stories. I still forget myself when I am in the middle of a good book. Yet it is not the same Picture Quote #1

She could not read a book for fear of the feelings she might find in it Picture Quote #1

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Politeness. Now there’s a poor man’s virtue if ever there was one. What’s so admirable about inoffensiveness, I should like to know. After all, it’s easily achieved. One needs no particular talent to be polite. On the contrary, being nice is what’s left when you’ve failed at everything else. People with ambition don’t give a damn what other people think about them Picture Quote #1

Readers are fools. They believe all writing is autobiographical. And so it is, but not in the way they think. The writer’s life needs time to rot away before it can be used to nourish a work of fiction. it must be allowed to decay Picture Quote #1

I still believe in stories. I still forget myself when I am in the middle of a good book. Books are for me, it must be said, the most important thing Picture Quote #1

I know there are people who don't read fiction at all, and I find it hard to understand how they can bear to be inside the same head all the time Picture Quote #1

A story so cherished it has to be dressed in casualness to disguise its significance in case the listener turned out to be unsympathetic Picture Quote #1

In the background is the hiss of the gas heater; we hear the sound without hearing it for, side by side, together and miles apart, we are deep in our books Picture Quote #1

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Once upon a time there was a fairy godmother, but the rest of the time there was none. This story is about one of those other times Picture Quote #1

To anyone who took the trouble to look, I was plainly visible, but when people are expecting to see nothing, that is usually what they see Picture Quote #1

People whose lives are not balanced by a healthy love of money suffer from an appalling obsession with personal integrity Picture Quote #1

We live like latecomers to the theater; we must catch up as best we can, divining the begging from the shape of later events Picture Quote #1

But she had that laugh, and the sound of it was so beautiful that when you heard it, it was as if your eyes saw her through your ears and she was transformed Picture Quote #1

Rebuilt in Victorian times, it retained the modesty of its medieval origins. Small and neat, its spire indicated the direction of heaven without trying to pierce a hole in it Picture Quote #1

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There are too many books in the world to read in a single lifetime; you have to draw the line somewhere Picture Quote #1

Emmeline didn't call me anything. She didn't need, for I was always there. You only need names for the absent Picture Quote #1

L'appetit vient en mangeant. Appetite comes by eating. Your appetite will come back, but it must be met halfway. You must want it to come Picture Quote #1

I've nothing against people who love truth. Apart from the fact that they make dull companions Picture Quote #1

What good is truth, at midnight, in the dark, when the wind is roaring like a bear in the chimney? Picture Quote #1

But silence is not a natural environment for stories. They need words. Without them they grown pale, sicken and die. And then they haunt you Picture Quote #1

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But he is a man, hence cannot see how tiresome it is to have explained at length what one has already fully understood (Diane Setterfield Quotes) For nearly sixty years I have eavesdropped with impunity on the lives of people who do not exist (Diane Setterfield Quotes) In speech he stretched out his vowel sounds to give his mouth a rest before the next consonant (Diane Setterfield Quotes) Opening the book, I inhaled. the smell of old books, so sharp, so dry you can taste it (Diane Setterfield Quotes) Every so often I take out a volume and read a page or two. After all, reading is looking after in a manner of speaking. Though they’re not old enough to be valuable for their age alone, nor important enough to be sought after by collectors, my charges are dear to me, even if, as often as not, they are as dull on the inside as on the outside. No matter how banal the contents, there is always something that touches me. For someone now dead once thought these words significant enough to write them down (Diane Setterfield Quotes) One gets so used to one’s own horrors, one forgets how they must seem to other people (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) What better way to get to know someone than through her choice and treatment of books? (Diane Setterfield Quotes) Do they sense it, these dead writers, when their books are read? Does a pinprick of light appear in their darkness? Is their soul stirred by the feather touch of another mind reading theirs? I do hope so (Diane Setterfield Quotes) The hours between eight in the evening and one or two in the morning have always been my magic hours. Against the blue candlewick bedspread the white pages of my open book, illuminated by a circle of lamplight, were the gateway to another world (Diane Setterfield Quotes) I have always been a reader; I have read at every stage of my life and there has never been a time when reading was not my greatest joy. And yet I cannot pretend that the reading I have done in my adult years matches in its impact on my soul the reading I did as a child. I still believe in stories. I still forget myself when I am in the middle of a good book. Yet it is not the same (Diane Setterfield Quotes) She could not read a book for fear of the feelings she might find in it (Diane Setterfield Quotes) Politeness. Now there’s a poor man’s virtue if ever there was one. What’s so admirable about inoffensiveness, I should like to know. After all, it’s easily achieved. One needs no particular talent to be polite. On the contrary, being nice is what’s left when you’ve failed at everything else. People with ambition don’t give a damn what other people think about them (Diane Setterfield Quotes) Readers are fools. They believe all writing is autobiographical. And so it is, but not in the way they think. The writer’s life needs time to rot away before it can be used to nourish a work of fiction. it must be allowed to decay (Diane Setterfield Quotes) I still believe in stories. I still forget myself when I am in the middle of a good book. Books are for me, it must be said, the most important thing (Diane Setterfield Quotes) I know there are people who don't read fiction at all, and I find it hard to understand how they can bear to be inside the same head all the time (Diane Setterfield Quotes) A story so cherished it has to be dressed in casualness to disguise its significance in case the listener turned out to be unsympathetic (Diane Setterfield Quotes) In the background is the hiss of the gas heater; we hear the sound without hearing it for, side by side, together and miles apart, we are deep in our books (Diane Setterfield Quotes) Once upon a time there was a fairy godmother, but the rest of the time there was none. This story is about one of those other times (Diane Setterfield Quotes) To anyone who took the trouble to look, I was plainly visible, but when people are expecting to see nothing, that is usually what they see (Diane Setterfield Quotes) People whose lives are not balanced by a healthy love of money suffer from an appalling obsession with personal integrity (Diane Setterfield Quotes) We live like latecomers to the theater; we must catch up as best we can, divining the begging from the shape of later events (Diane Setterfield Quotes) But she had that laugh, and the sound of it was so beautiful that when you heard it, it was as if your eyes saw her through your ears and she was transformed (Diane Setterfield Quotes) Rebuilt in Victorian times, it retained the modesty of its medieval origins. Small and neat, its spire indicated the direction of heaven without trying to pierce a hole in it (Diane Setterfield Quotes) There are too many books in the world to read in a single lifetime; you have to draw the line somewhere (Diane Setterfield Quotes) Emmeline didn't call me anything. She didn't need, for I was always there. You only need names for the absent (Diane Setterfield Quotes) L'appetit vient en mangeant. Appetite comes by eating. Your appetite will come back, but it must be met halfway. You must want it to come (Diane Setterfield Quotes) I've nothing against people who love truth. Apart from the fact that they make dull companions (Diane Setterfield Quotes) What good is truth, at midnight, in the dark, when the wind is roaring like a bear in the chimney? (Diane Setterfield Quotes) But silence is not a natural environment for stories. They need words. Without them they grown pale, sicken and die. And then they haunt you (Diane Setterfield Quotes)

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