“ A similar obligatory likeness of George adorned Mrs Glover’s bedside table. Trussed in uniform and uncomfortable before a studio backdrop that reminded Sylvie of the Amalfi coast, George Glover no lon… Kate Atkinson
“ No book could ever be left in the condition you found it in because it was changed every time it was read by someone. Kate Atkinson
“ What was that from? ? But perhaps, truth was asleep until the end of reckoning. There was going to be an awful lot of reckoning when the time came. Kate Atkinson
“ War is Man’s greatest fall from grace, of course, especially perhaps when we feel a moral imperative to fight it and find ourselves twisted into ethical knots. We can never doubt (ever) the courage of… Kate Atkinson
“ They had been awestruck not only at the sight of the Alps by moonlight but by the depthless inky-black skies, pricked with thousands upon thousands of stars—bright seed broadcast by some generous god,… Kate Atkinson
“ He noticed that Ursula’s ox-eye daisies, wrapped in damp newspaper, were drooping, almost dead. Nothing could be kept, he thought, everything ran through one’s fingers like sand or water. Or time. Per… Kate Atkinson
“ Fox Corner - that's what we should call the house. No one else has a house with that name and shouldn't that be the point?''Really?' Hugh said doubtfully. 'It's a little whimsical, isn't it? It sounds… Kate Atkinson
“ Duke was a burly, barrel-shaped Rottweiler made up of muscle and solid fat and built like a wrestler, a dog that looked like it was permanently on the verge of dying of boredom. He shook his weighty h… Kate Atkinson
“ Dear God. When did language and meaning divorce each other and decide to go their separate ways? Kate Atkinson
“ Civilizations rose and fell and in the end everything was dust and sand. Nothing beside remained. Hotels, maybe. Kate Atkinson
“ By the end of the war there was nothing about men and women that surprised him. Nothing about anything really. The whole edifice of civilization turned out to be constructed from an unstable mix of qu… Kate Atkinson
“ Because that was how it happened: one moment you were there, laughing, talking, breathing, and the next you were gone. Forever. And there wasn’t even a shape left in the world where you’d been, neithe… Kate Atkinson
“ It was the war, Juliet thought, remembering the photograph of the flamingo’s creased wife, it has made refugees of us all. Kate Atkinson
“ I can't help but think that it's an unfortunate custom to name children after people who come to sticky ends. Even if they are fictional characters, it doesn't bode well for the poor things. There are… Kate Atkinson
“ Fat people weren’t supposed to eat anything, but they were especially not supposed to eat confectionery, Kate Atkinson
“ Chivalry requireth that youth should be trained to perform the most laborious and humble offices with cheerfulness and grace. Kate Atkinson
“ It was funny because she thought of herself as a good team player, although sometimes she suspected that no one else on her team did. Kate Atkinson
