115 Quotes by Tracy Chevalier

Over his shoulder I saw a star fall. It was me.

I wanted to wear the mantle and the pearls. I wanted to know the man who painted her like that.

I have consistently loved books that I've read when I've been sick in bed.

That's how fossil hunting is: It takes over, like a hunger, and nothing else matters but what you find. And even when you find it, you still start looking again the next minute, because there might be something even better waiting.

I have spent my life waiting for something to happen,’ she said. ‘And I have come to understand that nothing will. Or it already has, and I blinked during that moment and it's gone. I don't know which is worse — to have missed it or to know there is nothing to miss.’ Falling Angels

I didn't move. I've learned from years of experience that dogs and falcons and ladies come back to you if you stay where you are.

You know I don’t listen to market gossip,” she began, “but it is hard not to hear it when my daughter’s name is mentioned.

So many (too many) books are published every year, and it seems everyone is writing a book. Perhaps we should all be reading more and writing less!

Don't write about what you know - write about what you're interested in. Don't write about yourself - you aren't as interesting as you think.