160 Quotes by Kim Edwards

I like clothes that are elegant and comfortable.

I haven't done any genealogical exploring myself, though members of my family and also of my husband's family have traced things back. I have a great grandfather on my mother's side who was a musician, and I'd like to know more about his life.

I hadn't really thought about this until 'The Lake of Dreams,' but I've set all my stories in places that are familiar to me. It frees me up to spend more imaginative time on the characters.

I like to think I've grown as a writer and taken some risks, but I still consider myself to be a literary writer.

In order for me to have disappointment, I would have to have faltering hope. And I don't. I know they'll get to the bottom of it.

In writing, I want to be remembered for telling good stories in beautiful and powerful language, using the poetry of words to reflect the thematic concerns of compelling stories.

I guess she was just overcome by smoke. She was so small they may not have found her anyway.

I am not angry, I am enraged that our government is letting our children die in care! I am enraged that the children are being abused in care.

This was her life. Not the life she had once dreamed of, not a life her younger self would ever have imagined or desired, but the life she was living, with all its complexities. This was her life, built with care and attention, and it was good.