393 Quotes by Sara Sheridan

Change occurs slowly. Very often a legal change might take place but the cultural shift required to really accept its spirit lingers in the wings for decades.

If we don't value the people who inspire us (and money is one mark of that) then what kind of culture are we building?

An important part of deciding where we want to go, as a society and culture, is knowing where we have come from, and indeed, how far we have come.

Writers are a product of where we come from but by looking at alternatives to the culture in which we live, we can find ways to change and hopefully improve it.

You became the sum total of where you lived, where you shopped, which church you went to, how many kids you had and which taxi company you used, and you only associated with people who had the same responses on their list.

They march into the future to the rhythm of the past.

You have no future when the past rules you.

It's part of a writer's job to be nosy about everything.

Our archives are treasure troves - a testament to many lives lived and the complexity of the way we move forward. They contain clues to the real concerns of day-to-day life that bring the past alive.