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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reading can be dangerous Picture Quote #1

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

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

When one is nothing, one invents. It fills a void 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 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

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

I reached for the prescription. In a vigorous scrawl, he had inked: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes. Take ten pages, twice a day, till end of course Picture Quote #1

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

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

Silence is not a natural environment for stories. They need words. Without them they grow pale, sicken and die. And then they haunt you 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

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

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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) 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) But there can be no secrets in a house where there are children (Diane Setterfield Quotes) For it must be very lonely being dead (Diane Setterfield Quotes) People with ambition don’t give a damn what other people think of them (Diane Setterfield Quotes) Without the past to cast its long shadow, might you see the future more clearly? (Diane Setterfield Quotes) Though my appetite for food grew frail, my hunger for books was constant (Diane Setterfield Quotes) I don’t pretend reality is the same for everyone (Diane Setterfield Quotes) In this cruel world kindness should always be repaid (Diane Setterfield Quotes) What better place to kill time than a library? (Diane Setterfield Quotes) Boys do not leave their boyhood behind when they leave off their school uniform (Diane Setterfield Quotes) Sometimes when you open the door to the past, what you confront is your destiny (Diane Setterfield Quotes) As for you, you are alive. But it’s not the same as living (Diane Setterfield Quotes) Reading can be dangerous (Diane Setterfield Quotes) For me to see is to read. It has always been that way (Diane Setterfield Quotes) A good story is always more dazzling than a broken piece of truth (Diane Setterfield Quotes) When one is nothing, one invents. It fills a void (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 (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) 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) I reached for the prescription. In a vigorous scrawl, he had inked: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes. Take ten pages, twice a day, till end of course (Diane Setterfield Quotes) What better place to kill time than a library? What better way to get to know someone than through her choice and treatment of books? (Diane Setterfield Quotes) She could not read a book for fear of the feelings she might find in it (Diane Setterfield Quotes) Silence is not a natural environment for stories. They need words. Without them they grow pale, sicken and die. And then they haunt you (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) 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)