373 Quotes by Kate Atkinson

Become such as you are, having learned what that is.

She doesn't believe in dogs," Bridget said. "Dogs are hardly an article of faith," Sylvie said.

Sylvie’s knowledge, like Izzie's, was random yet far-ranging, ‘The sign that one has acquired one’s learning from reading novels rather than an education…

He was born a politician. No, Ursula thought, he was born a baby, like everyone else. And this is what he has chosen to become.

Sometimes,' Sylvie said, 'one can mistake gratitude for love.

It was a long time ago now. And it was yesterday.

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.

No point in thinking, you just have to get on with life. We only have one after all, we should try and do our best. We can never get it right, but we must try.

Ursula craved solitude but she hated loneliness, a conundrum that she couldn’t even begin to solve.