"Normally book ideas come to me in a moment."

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Source : "Tracy Chevalier: 'Slavery has to be raised until it's put to bed'". Interview with Robert McCrum, www.theguardian.com. March 16, 2013.

Tracy Chevalier

#Book Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Moments Quotes

“Counterfeit charm is worse than none at all.”

Source : Arlene Francis (1960). “That Certain Something; the Magic of Charm”
“Hope is what happens when a wound starts to heal; Whether skin-deep or soul-deep, you begin to feel real.”

Source : Catherine DeVrye (2010). “Hope Happens!: Words of Encouragement for Times of Change”, p.114, Simon and Schuster
“I just want to say that, all you do, no matter how bad your diet is, for the first six months or year, I just reduce the amount, even if it's horrible stuff. That you can deal with it.”
“We are kids. The only difference is the toy we have.”
“I don't give a damn about Hollywood.”
“Jacob was hardly in need of any physical protection I could offer. But my arms, pinned beneath Edward's, yearned to reach out to him. To wrap around his big, warm, waist in a silent promise of acceptance and comfort. Edward's shielding arms had become restraints.”
“There is not a thing as the wrong place, or the wrong time. We are where we are at the only time we have. Perhaps it's where we're meant to be.”
“At my age, I dont even buy green bananas.”

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