148 Quotes by Michel Faber

Watch your step. Keep your wits about you; you will need them.

Most distracting of all, though, was not the threat of danger but the allure of beauty.

History indulges strange whims in the way it dresses its women.

And you know what people immediately start looking for, five minutes after they arrive someplace new? You know what's on their minds? I'll tell you: How are they gonna get laid, and where are they gonna find some mind-altering substances.

Reassurance is such a sad, mad thing. Deep inside, everyone knows the truth.

The mere fact of my novel being filmed means very little to me. For a long while after 'The Crimson Petal's publication in 2002, it looked as though Hollywood was going to adapt it.

The world changes too fast. You take your eyes off something that’s always been there, and the next minute it’s just a memory.

Men! Armchair heroes the lot of them, while women were sent out to do the dirty work.

Strange how a specimen like him, well cared for, healthy, free to roam the world, and blessed with a perfection of form which would surely have allowed him to breed with a greater selection of females than average, could still be so miserable. By contrast, other males, scarred by neglect, riddled with diseases, spurned by their kind, were occasionally known to radiate a contentment that seemed to arise from something more enigmatic than mere stupidity.