“ The individual appears for an instant, joins the community of thought, modifies it and dies; but the species, that dies not, reaps the fruit of his ephemeral existence. A.S. Byatt
“ She remembered the tale she had told to herself of the young woman carrying the packet containing the deaths of Pete and Petey, the young woman walking endlessly in grim weather across the moors, with… A.S. Byatt
“ She is afraid of divorce, which will free her, as she was not enough afraid of marriage, which trapped her. A.S. Byatt
“ Only write to me, write to me, I love to see the hop and skip and sudden starts of your ink. A.S. Byatt
“ Now and then there are readings that make the hairs on the neck, the non-existent pelt, stand on end and tremble, when every word burns and shines hard and clear and infinite and exact, like stones of… A.S. Byatt
“ I think, yes, a man and a woman can be good friends, but it isn't easy for them being as no one else will suppose that that is what they are. And then there's the problem of being different sexes. I t… A.S. Byatt
“ For Ann, aged two in 1903, a year was half a lifetime. She did not expect the second winter, and then, when it came, vaguely assumed it was eternal, until spring came, and summer came, and she underst… A.S. Byatt
“ A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a City, and yet be forced to surrender it - this was the wise saying of Sir Thomas Browne. A.S. Byatt
“ Ти коя си?Тук на най-високата полицааз стоя затворена, смаленав покрита с паяжини стъкленица,като древен прилеп изсушена.А каква била си?Златоликият бог ме разпалваше,пеех с крясъци, всъщност пищях,та… A.S. Byatt
“ Така мина първата от тези дълги странни нощи. Посрещаше го с ожесточена страст, подобна на неговата, и с някакво познание, защото изтръгваше удоволствието си от него, разтваряше се, за да го получи, и… A.S. Byatt
“ You wrote something easily in youth, and later you came to see how difficult it all was. A.S. Byatt
“ We rode back from Richmond decorously side by side on the top of a bus. It was as though my left side (her side) burned and was so to speak dissolving into steam, or gases. Other people may often have… A.S. Byatt
“ There was once a poor shoemaker who had three fine strong sons and two pretty daughters and a third who could do nothing well, who shivered plates and tangled her spinning, who curdled milk, could not… A.S. Byatt
“ She looked, quickly, quickly, it was better than before, thanked him and averted her eyes. She came to trust him with her disintegration. A.S. Byatt
“ On the first occasion Mrs Papagay had met her, there had been a discussion of the process of grief, and Mrs Jesse had nodded sagely, I know that. I have felt that,' like a kind of tragic chorus. 'I ha… A.S. Byatt
“ I do love you, my Florence. Will you always be so sensible?No. I quite expect to become very silly as I grow older. Everyone seems to. A.S. Byatt
