“ Depression - that limp word for the storm of black panic and half-demented malfunction - had over the years worked itself out in Charlotte's life in a curious pattern. Its onset was often imperceptibl… Sebastian Faulks
“ Gradually the feeling wears off, and I feel swamped again by the inexplicable pettiness of being alive. Sebastian Faulks
“ This is how most people live: alive, but not conscious; conscious but not aware; aware, but intermittently. Sebastian Faulks
“ The partition between love and anger is thin. I suppose it's a need to protect the self from further wounding that makes people scream at the one they love. Sebastian Faulks
“ Heisenberg and Bohr and Einstein strike me as being like gifted retriever dogs. Off they go, not just for an afternoon, but for ten years; they come back exhausted and triumphant and drop at your feet… Sebastian Faulks
“ People wonder why you choose certain subjects to write about. The truth is: you don't really. They choose you Sebastian Faulks
“ Levade had told her one day that there was no such thing as a coherent personality. When you are forty you have no cell in your body that you had at eighteen. It was the same, he said, with your chara… Sebastian Faulks
“ My ideal relationship with the reader is that at certain points they will have said, 'I'm finding this quite tough, but I'm going to hang in there,' then at the end they will say, 'Oh God, I'm glad I… Sebastian Faulks
“ With no blame there's no shame. A human society can't exist without shame. Shame is like handedness or walking upright. It's a central human attribute. In fact, it's the first human quality ever recor… Sebastian Faulks
“ In the 1970s, British food was beginning to get good, whereas in France it was just starting its long, sad decline. My most memorable meals, however, have been in Italy. Sebastian Faulks
“ I am something of a connoisseur of the country pile and I must say {he} had done himself remarkably well. At a guess I would say it was from the reign of Queen Anne and had been bunged up by some bewi… Sebastian Faulks
“ [What is the most real thing you can think of?]Jacques thought for a long time before answering; he tried to weigh up what was most vital and enduring in all that he had known. Eventually, no longer s… Sebastian Faulks
“ He didn’t ask himself if she was beautiful, because the physical effect of her presence made the question insignificant. Sebastian Faulks
“ I am a romantic, in a literary way, by which I mean the Romantic poets, who thought just because a sensation is fleeting doesn't mean it isn't valuable. If the only criterion of value is whether somet… Sebastian Faulks
