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Sarah Caudwell quotes

Ocupation: Barrister

Life: May 27, 1939 - 2000

Birthday: May 27

Death: 2000

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...it seems to us that the readers who want fiction to be like life are considerably outnumbered by those who would like life to be like fiction.

source: - Sarah Caudwell (2009). “The Sirens Sang of Murder”, p.18, Dell

Topics: Want, Fiction, Reader

quote the trouble with real life is that you don t know whether you re the hero or just some sarah caudwell Quotes

The trouble with real life is that you don't know whether you're the hero or just some nice chap who gets bumped off in chapter five to show what a rotter the villain is without anyone minding too much.

source: - Sarah Caudwell (2009). “The Sirens Sang of Murder”, p.180, Dell

Topics: Real, Nice, Hero, Some Nice

You will be interested to hear, Hilary, that it [the drug] had a most remarkable effect — even on Selena after a very modest quantity. She cast off all conventional restraints and devoted herself without shame to the pleasure of the moment." I asked for particulars of this uncharacteristic conduct. "She took from her handbag a paperback edition of Pride and Prejudice and sat on the sofa reading it, declining all offers of conversation.

Topics: Reading, Pride, Drug

One doesn't like to appear vulgarly inquisitive. But if everyone one knows has suddenly started murdering everyone else, it would be terribly nice to know about it.

Topics: Nice, Would Be, Inquisitive

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