Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale

Quotes

• “Like flies in amber, like corpses frozen in ice, that which according to the laws of nature should pass away is, by the ...”
• “There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner. Wind themselves around your...”
• “All children mythologise their birth. It is a universal trait. You want to know someone? Heart, mind and soul? Ask him t...”
• “When I was a child, books were everything. And so there is in me, always, a nostalgic, yearning for the lost pleasure of...”
• “There are too many books in the world to read in a single lifetime; you have to draw the line somewhere.”
• “I've nothing against people who love truth. Apart from the fact that they make dull companions.”
• “A good story is always more dazzling than a broken piece of truth.”
• “What better place to kill time than a library?”
• “Of course I loved books more than people.”