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Ruth Rendell Quotes

People do sometimes ask me some really idiotic questions: ‘Is your husband afraid of you putting arsenic in his food?’ I replied that I have never written a book about poison, ever Picture Quote #1

I can’t sum up my books. They’re all rather complicated. Sometimes I think they’re too complicated. But that’s the way I am. When I start to write a book, my head gets full of all kinds of detail Picture Quote #1

I go to the House of Lords in the afternoon and try to walk halfway. I may be thinking about what I’m going to write. It’s much more satisfying than sitting in a chair Picture Quote #1

I can’t exist without books Picture Quote #1

The worst has happened... it’s rather liberating Picture Quote #1

We dislike those we’ve injured Picture Quote #1

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We no more forget the faces of our enemies than of those we love Picture Quote #1

They say you cannot make a noise to annoy yourself Picture Quote #1

I’m a very rigorous person. I like to take exercise. People get mired in old age, they get bent and twisted, but I can stop that Picture Quote #1

Nobody really lives in the present Picture Quote #1

I think about death every day - what it would be like, why it would happen to me. It would be humiliating to be afraid Picture Quote #1

It’s living - a broad spectrum of living - that teaches you how to live, not philosophy. Philosophy teaches you how to think Picture Quote #1

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The trouble with psychology is that it doesn’t take human nature into account Picture Quote #1

I really do literally put myself into a character’s shoes Picture Quote #1

I think to be driven to want to kill must be such a terrible burden Picture Quote #1

Some say life is the thing, but I prefer reading Picture Quote #1

Growing old is not all sweetness and light. Old women especially are invisible Picture Quote #1

To be a classic, a novel should be original Picture Quote #1

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Maybe being married is talking to oneself with one’s other self listening Picture Quote #1

I try, and I think I succeed, in making my readers feel sorry for my psychopaths, because I do Picture Quote #1

While most of the things you’ve worried about have never happened, it’s a different story with the things you haven’t worried about. They are the ones that happen Picture Quote #1

I’ve had two proposals since I’ve been a widow. I am a wonderful catch, you know. I have a lot of money Picture Quote #1

We always know when we are awake that we cannot be dreaming even though when actually dreaming we feel all this may be real Picture Quote #1

It is not so much true that the world loves a lover as that the lover loves all the world Picture Quote #1

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London underground took me on a tour of all the hidden places, the disused shafts and staircases... that was very interesting Picture Quote #1

There are only two periods in a woman’s life when she hopes to be taken for older than she is, under sixteen and over ninety Picture Quote #1

When one has children one has no privacy. They take it for granted that what is yours is theirs, personal things and the secrets of your heart, as well as possessions Picture Quote #1

Ten thousand years of civilization shed in an instant when you put a woman behind the wheel of a car Picture Quote #1

The English, although partakers in the most variable and quixotic climate in the world, never become used to its vagaries, but comment upon them with shock and resentment as if all their lives had been spent in the predictable monsoon Picture Quote #1

Many emotions go under the name of love, and almost any one of them will for a while divert the mind from the real, true, and perfect thing Picture Quote #1

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People do sometimes ask me some really idiotic questions: ‘Is your husband afraid of you putting arsenic in his food?’ I replied that I have never written a book about poison, ever. (Ruth Rendell Quotes) I can’t sum up my books. They’re all rather complicated. Sometimes I think they’re too complicated. But that’s the way I am. When I start to write a book, my head gets full of all kinds of detail. (Ruth Rendell Quotes) I go to the House of Lords in the afternoon and try to walk halfway. I may be thinking about what I’m going to write. It’s much more satisfying than sitting in a chair. (Ruth Rendell Quotes) I can’t exist without books (Ruth Rendell Quotes) The worst has happened... it’s rather liberating (Ruth Rendell Quotes) We dislike those we’ve injured (Ruth Rendell Quotes) We no more forget the faces of our enemies than of those we love (Ruth Rendell Quotes) They say you cannot make a noise to annoy yourself (Ruth Rendell Quotes) I’m a very rigorous person. I like to take exercise. People get mired in old age, they get bent and twisted, but I can stop that. (Ruth Rendell Quotes) Nobody really lives in the present (Ruth Rendell Quotes) I think about death every day - what it would be like, why it would happen to me. It would be humiliating to be afraid (Ruth Rendell Quotes) It’s living - a broad spectrum of living - that teaches you how to live, not philosophy. Philosophy teaches you how to think (Ruth Rendell Quotes) The trouble with psychology is that it doesn’t take human nature into account (Ruth Rendell Quotes) I really do literally put myself into a character’s shoes (Ruth Rendell Quotes) I think to be driven to want to kill must be such a terrible burden (Ruth Rendell Quotes) Some say life is the thing, but I prefer reading (Ruth Rendell Quotes) Growing old is not all sweetness and light. Old women especially are invisible (Ruth Rendell Quotes) To be a classic, a novel should be original (Ruth Rendell Quotes) Maybe being married is talking to oneself with one’s other self listening (Ruth Rendell Quotes) I try, and I think I succeed, in making my readers feel sorry for my psychopaths, because I do (Ruth Rendell Quotes) While most of the things you’ve worried about have never happened, it’s a different story with the things you haven’t worried about. They are the ones that happen (Ruth Rendell Quotes) I’ve had two proposals since I’ve been a widow. I am a wonderful catch, you know. I have a lot of money (Ruth Rendell Quotes) We always know when we are awake that we cannot be dreaming even though when actually dreaming we feel all this may be real (Ruth Rendell Quotes) It is not so much true that the world loves a lover as that the lover loves all the world (Ruth Rendell Quotes) London underground took me on a tour of all the hidden places, the disused shafts and staircases... that was very interesting (Ruth Rendell Quotes) There are only two periods in a woman’s life when she hopes to be taken for older than she is, under sixteen and over ninety (Ruth Rendell Quotes) When one has children one has no privacy. They take it for granted that what is yours is theirs, personal things and the secrets of your heart, as well as possessions (Ruth Rendell Quotes) Ten thousand years of civilization shed in an instant when you put a woman behind the wheel of a car (Ruth Rendell Quotes) The English, although partakers in the most variable and quixotic climate in the world, never become used to its vagaries, but comment upon them with shock and resentment as if all their lives had been spent in the predictable monsoon (Ruth Rendell Quotes) Many emotions go under the name of love, and almost any one of them will for a while divert the mind from the real, true, and perfect thing (Ruth Rendell Quotes)

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