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Penelope Lively Quotes

People die, but money never does Picture Quote #1

If we had not met, that day, I think I would have imagined you somehow Picture Quote #1

I rather like getting away from fiction Picture Quote #1

Mythology is much better stuff than history. It has form; logic; a message Picture Quote #1

All history, of course, is the history of wars Picture Quote #1

Unless I am a part of everything I am nothing Picture Quote #1

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You learn a lot, writing fiction Picture Quote #1

We make choices but are constantly foiled by happenstance Picture Quote #1

We all need a past - that's where our sense of identity comes from Picture Quote #1

I do like to embed a fictional character firmly in an occupation Picture Quote #1

I didn't want it to be a book that made pronouncements Picture Quote #1

Every novel generates it's own climate, when you get going Picture Quote #1

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Deep down I have this atavistic feeling that really I should be in the country Picture Quote #1

Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms Picture Quote #1

Getting to know someone else involves curiosity about where they have come from, who they are Picture Quote #1

We read Greek and Norse mythology until it came out of our ears. And the Bible Picture Quote #1

The past is our ultimate privacy; we pile it up, year by year, decade by decade, it stows itself away, with its perverse random recall system Picture Quote #1

I've always been fascinated by the operation of memory - the way in which it is not linear but fragmented, and its ambivalence Picture Quote #1

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I'm now an agnostic but I grew up on the King James version, which I'm eternally grateful for Picture Quote #1

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People die, but money never does (Penelope Lively Quotes) If we had not met, that day, I think I would have imagined you somehow (Penelope Lively Quotes) I rather like getting away from fiction (Penelope Lively Quotes) Mythology is much better stuff than history. It has form; logic; a message (Penelope Lively Quotes) All history, of course, is the history of wars (Penelope Lively Quotes) Unless I am a part of everything I am nothing (Penelope Lively Quotes) You learn a lot, writing fiction (Penelope Lively Quotes) We make choices but are constantly foiled by happenstance (Penelope Lively Quotes) We all need a past - that's where our sense of identity comes from (Penelope Lively Quotes) I do like to embed a fictional character firmly in an occupation (Penelope Lively Quotes) I didn't want it to be a book that made pronouncements (Penelope Lively Quotes) Every novel generates it's own climate, when you get going (Penelope Lively Quotes) Deep down I have this atavistic feeling that really I should be in the country (Penelope Lively Quotes) Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms (Penelope Lively Quotes) Getting to know someone else involves curiosity about where they have come from, who they are (Penelope Lively Quotes) We read Greek and Norse mythology until it came out of our ears. And the Bible (Penelope Lively Quotes) The past is our ultimate privacy; we pile it up, year by year, decade by decade, it stows itself away, with its perverse random recall system (Penelope Lively Quotes) I've always been fascinated by the operation of memory - the way in which it is not linear but fragmented, and its ambivalence (Penelope Lively Quotes) I'm now an agnostic but I grew up on the King James version, which I'm eternally grateful for (Penelope Lively Quotes)