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Tracy Chevalier Quotes

I try to write 1,000 words a day - about three pages. When I reach 1,000 words I feel good. Less than that: a failure. More than that: tired Picture Quote #1

Younger women tend to be busier, wearing more layers and more make-up. I don’t know if it’s because older women are more confident, or just that we don’t care any more. But that pared-down approach is the same with the sentences I write; I take out adjectives and adverbs and keep the description to a minimum Picture Quote #1

I read a lot of fantasy. I adored ‘Anne of Green Gables’. But my favourite books as a child were probably Laura Ingalls Wilder’s ‘Little House’ series, about a pioneer family in the mid-19th-century American west. I often thought of them as I was writing ‘The Last Runaway’ Picture Quote #1

My father was often impatient during March, waiting for winter to end, the cold to ease, the sun to reappear. March was an unpredictable month, when it was never clear what might happen. Warm days raised hopes until ice and grey skies shut over the town again Picture Quote #1

So many (too many) books are published every year, and it seems everyone is writing a book. Perhaps we should all be reading more and writing less! Picture Quote #1

Normally book ideas come to me in a moment Picture Quote #1

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Yes, well, life is a folly. If you live long enough, nothing is surprising Picture Quote #1

The sign of a masterpiece: A painting when there’s a lack of resolution Picture Quote #1

It was not a house where secrets could be kept easily Picture Quote #1

Over his shoulder I saw a star fall. It was me Picture Quote #1

I have consistently loved books that I’ve read when I’ve been sick in bed Picture Quote #1

I find that when I come out of the library I’m in what I call the library bliss of being totally taken away from the distractions of life Picture Quote #1

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He saw things in a way that others did not, so that a city I had lived in all my life seemed a different place, so that a woman became beautiful with the light on her face Picture Quote #1

It’s those little daily incidents of life that are dramatic, and if you put a frame around it, suddenly they become much bigger and much more important than you ever imagined Picture Quote #1

That’s how fossil hunting is: It takes over, like a hunger, and nothing else matters but what you find. And even when you find it, you still start looking again the next minute, because there might be something even better waiting Picture Quote #1

You’re so calm and quiet, you never say. But there are things inside you. I see them sometimes, hiding in your eyes Picture Quote #1

I wanted to wear the mantle and the pearls. I wanted to know the man who painted her like that Picture Quote #1

I had walked along that street all my life, but had never been so aware that my back was to my home Picture Quote #1

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I didn’t move. I’ve learned from years of experience that dogs and falcons and ladies come back to you if you stay where you are Picture Quote #1

We say very little, for we do not need to. We are silent together, each in her own world, knowing the other is just at her back Picture Quote #1

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I try to write 1,000 words a day - about three pages. When I reach 1,000 words I feel good. Less than that: a failure. More than that: tired (Tracy Chevalier Quotes) Younger women tend to be busier, wearing more layers and more make-up. I don’t know if it’s because older women are more confident, or just that we don’t care any more. But that pared-down approach is the same with the sentences I write; I take out adjectives and adverbs and keep the description to a minimum (Tracy Chevalier Quotes) I read a lot of fantasy. I adored ‘Anne of Green Gables’. But my favourite books as a child were probably Laura Ingalls Wilder’s ‘Little House’ series, about a pioneer family in the mid-19th-century American west. I often thought of them as I was writing ‘The Last Runaway’ (Tracy Chevalier Quotes) My father was often impatient during March, waiting for winter to end, the cold to ease, the sun to reappear. March was an unpredictable month, when it was never clear what might happen. Warm days raised hopes until ice and grey skies shut over the town again (Tracy Chevalier Quotes) So many (too many) books are published every year, and it seems everyone is writing a book. Perhaps we should all be reading more and writing less! (Tracy Chevalier Quotes) Normally book ideas come to me in a moment (Tracy Chevalier Quotes) Yes, well, life is a folly. If you live long enough, nothing is surprising (Tracy Chevalier Quotes) The sign of a masterpiece: A painting when there’s a lack of resolution (Tracy Chevalier Quotes) It was not a house where secrets could be kept easily (Tracy Chevalier Quotes) Over his shoulder I saw a star fall. It was me (Tracy Chevalier Quotes) I have consistently loved books that I’ve read when I’ve been sick in bed (Tracy Chevalier Quotes) I find that when I come out of the library I’m in what I call the library bliss of being totally taken away from the distractions of life (Tracy Chevalier Quotes) He saw things in a way that others did not, so that a city I had lived in all my life seemed a different place, so that a woman became beautiful with the light on her face (Tracy Chevalier Quotes) It’s those little daily incidents of life that are dramatic, and if you put a frame around it, suddenly they become much bigger and much more important than you ever imagined (Tracy Chevalier Quotes) That’s how fossil hunting is: It takes over, like a hunger, and nothing else matters but what you find. And even when you find it, you still start looking again the next minute, because there might be something even better waiting (Tracy Chevalier Quotes) You’re so calm and quiet, you never say. But there are things inside you. I see them sometimes, hiding in your eyes (Tracy Chevalier Quotes) I wanted to wear the mantle and the pearls. I wanted to know the man who painted her like that (Tracy Chevalier Quotes) I had walked along that street all my life, but had never been so aware that my back was to my home (Tracy Chevalier Quotes) I didn’t move. I’ve learned from years of experience that dogs and falcons and ladies come back to you if you stay where you are (Tracy Chevalier Quotes) We say very little, for we do not need to. We are silent together, each in her own world, knowing the other is just at her back (Tracy Chevalier Quotes)