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Most people muddled through events and only in retrospect realized their significance.
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They said love made you strong, but in Louise's opinion it made you weak. It corkscrewed into your heart and you couldn't get it out again, not without ripping your heart to pieces.
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You must never believe everything they say about a person. Generally speaking, most of it will be lies, half-truths at best.
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Why is everything an 'adventure' with you?" Sylvie said irritably to Izzie." "Because life is an adventure, of course." "I would say it was more of an endurance race," Sylvie said. "Or an obstacle course.
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Sometimes it was harder to change the past than it was the future.
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I was on the verge of something numinous and profound and in one more second the universe was going to crack open and arcana would rain down on my head like grace and all the cosmic mysteries were going to be revealed.
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What if we had a chance to do it again and again, until we finally did get it right? Wouldn't that be wonderful?
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She doesn't believe in dogs," Bridget said. "Dogs are hardly an article of faith," Sylvie said.
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Sometimes,' Sylvie said, 'one can mistake gratitude for love.
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What did you do when the worst thing that could happen to you had already happened - how did you live life then? You had to hand it to Theo Wyre, just carrying on living required a strength and courage that most people didn't have.
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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
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Born:
December 20, 1951
(age 72)
Bio:
Kate Atkinson is an award-winning English writer. She won the Whitbread Book of the Year prize in 1995 and, under its new name the Costa Book Awards, in 2013 and 2015 in the Novels category.
Known for:
Life After Life (2013)
A God in Ruins (2015)
Case Histories (2004)
Behind the Scenes at the Museum (1995)
When Will There Be Good News? (2008)
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