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Sarah Waters quotes: Now she has turned up, saying all the things I dreamed she'd say. Now she has turned up, saying all the things I dreamed she'd say.
Sarah Waters quotes: I've never managed to get very far with Henry James. I've never managed to get very far with Henry James.
Sarah Waters quotes: Your twisting is doneyou have the last thread of my heart. I wonder: when the thread grows slack, will you feel it? Your twisting is done
you have the last thread of my heart. I wonder: when the thread grows slack, will you feel it?
Sarah Waters quotes: Sometimes I think I'd be perfectly happy to go on rewriting 'Tipping the Velvet' forever because it was so much fun. Sometimes I think I'd be perfectly happy to go on rewriting 'Tipping the Velvet' forever because it was so much fun.
Sarah Waters quotes: But it's the simple and the good that are meant to suffer in this world - ain't it, though! But it's the simple and the good that are meant to suffer in this world - ain't it, though!
Sarah Waters quotes: I did not care. I cared for nothing, now. I had kept up my nerve and my spirit, all that time. I had waited for my chance of escaping and I did not care. I cared for nothing, now. I had kept up my nerve and my spirit, all that time. I had waited for my chance of escaping and got nowhere.
Sarah Waters quotes: My locket hangs in my closet beside the glass, the only shining thing among so many shadows. My locket hangs in my closet beside the glass, the only shining thing among so many shadows.
Sarah Waters quotes: She will be like everyone, putting on the things she sees the constructions she expects to find there. She will be like everyone, putting on the things she sees the constructions she expects to find there.
Sarah Waters quotes: They was told it too, perhaps. Does that make it true? Maybe. Maybe not. They was told it too, perhaps. Does that make it true? Maybe. Maybe not.
Sarah Waters quotes: Perhaps, however, it is the same with spinsters as with ghosts; and one has to be of their ranks in order to see them at all. Perhaps, however, it is the same with spinsters as with ghosts; and one has to be of their ranks in order to see them at all.
Sarah Waters quotes: Doesn't it seem to you, now you are here, that anything might be real, since Millbank is? Doesn't it seem to you, now you are here, that anything might be real, since Millbank is?
Sarah Waters quotes: Marriages are like pianos. They go in and out of tune. Marriages are like pianos. They go in and out of tune.
Sarah Waters quotes: And yet, I seemed to feel my eyes bound, too, with bands of silk. And at my throat there was a velvet collar. And yet, I seemed to feel my eyes bound, too, with bands of silk. And at my throat there was a velvet collar.
Sarah Waters quotes: rooms seemed changed. I took to rooms seemed changed. I took to
Sarah Waters quotes: Clad not exactly as a boy but, rather confusingly, as the boy I would have been, had I been more of a girl Clad not exactly as a boy but, rather confusingly, as the boy I would have been, had I been more of a girl
Sarah Waters quotes: For I could not want her now, more than I could a lover.But I could not want a lover, more than I want freedom. For I could not want her now, more than I could a lover.
But I could not want a lover, more than I want freedom.
Sarah Waters quotes: Undressing myself had no fun in it, now I had undressed her. Undressing myself had no fun in it, now I had undressed her.
Sarah Waters quotes: My parents were the first in our family to go to grammar school. My grandparents were in service. My parents were the first in our family to go to grammar school. My grandparents were in service.
Sarah Waters quotes: No-one speaks. No-one moves ( ... ). We glide, softly, in silence, into our dark and separate hells No-one speaks. No-one moves ( ... ). We glide, softly, in silence, into our dark and separate hells
Sarah Waters quotes: She closed her eyes and let the rain fall on her face, and after another second, I could not have said what were raindrops, and what tears. She closed her eyes and let the rain fall on her face,
and after another second, I could not have said what were raindrops, and what tears.
Sarah Waters quotes: The bad blood rose in me, just like wine. The bad blood rose in me, just like wine.
Sarah Waters quotes: Neuralgia, so she had come along on her own. It was worth it, though. She Neuralgia, so she had come along on her own. It was worth it, though. She
Sarah Waters quotes: It's a curious, wanting thing. It's a curious, wanting thing.
Sarah Waters quotes: seen something in their poses, for, 'Spoony! seen something in their poses, for, 'Spoony!
Sarah Waters quotes: Just so did they want to crush our friendship, now. It was against the rules. I Just so did they want to crush our friendship, now. It was against the rules. I
Sarah Waters quotes: The day had begun to feel tinny: a pretend day, a dream day, that for some unaccountable reason she had to go on and on with as if it were The day had begun to feel tinny: a pretend day, a dream day, that for some unaccountable reason she had to go on and on with as if it were real.
Sarah Waters quotes: What does it say?" I said, when I had. She said, "It is filled with all the words for how I want you ... Look. What does it say?" I said, when I had. She said, "It is filled with all the words for how I want you ... Look.
Sarah Waters quotes: For was that all, she thought bleakly, that love ever was? Something that saved one from loneliness? A sort of insurance policy against not counting? For was that all, she thought bleakly, that love ever was? Something that saved one from loneliness? A sort of insurance policy against not counting?
Sarah Waters quotes: It had three or four book-cases, all of them very full, and a rack of wands, with newspapers and magazines hung out upon them like dripping laundry. It had three or four book-cases, all of them very full, and a rack of wands, with newspapers and magazines hung out upon them like dripping laundry.
Sarah Waters quotes: My story is the story of many postwar British families. Upward mobility. A council house and then new affluence. My story is the story of many postwar British families. Upward mobility. A council house and then new affluence.
Sarah Waters quotes: The Barbers had said they would arrive by three. It was like waiting to begin The Barbers had said they would arrive by three. It was like waiting to begin
Sarah Waters quotes: I've ended up feeling fonder of 'The Paying Guests' than of any of my other novels. I've ended up feeling fonder of 'The Paying Guests' than of any of my other novels.
Sarah Waters quotes: I love film and, particularly, shorts. You don't get to see them often, and they're a great little form, like a short story. I love film and, particularly, shorts. You don't get to see them often, and they're a great little form, like a short story.
Sarah Waters quotes: If I seemed strange, and conscious of myself, what was that to her? We were all strange, there. If I seemed strange, and conscious of myself, what was that to her? We were all strange, there.
Sarah Waters quotes: Oh, Frances, for somebody so clever you can be awfully dull sometimes. Don't you know the sort of mistake I mean? I was going to have a Oh, Frances, for somebody so clever you can be awfully dull sometimes. Don't you know the sort of mistake I mean? I was going to have a
Sarah Waters quotes: I used to hate flying. I would sit there, rigid, convinced that if I relaxed, the plane would drop out of the sky. I used to hate flying. I would sit there, rigid, convinced that if I relaxed, the plane would drop out of the sky.
Sarah Waters quotes: The best thing to do was to brazen it out, throw your head back, walk with a swagger ... The best thing to do was to brazen it out, throw your head back, walk with a swagger ...
Sarah Waters quotes: There seemed no motion, no rhythm, in all the world, but that which I had set up, between her legs, with one wet fingertip. There seemed no motion, no rhythm, in all the world, but that which I had set up, between her legs, with one wet fingertip.
Sarah Waters quotes: But lurid touches were everywhere, she saw with dismay. It was as if a giant mouth had sucked a bag of boiled sweets and then given the house a lick. But lurid touches were everywhere, she saw with dismay. It was as if a giant mouth had sucked a bag of boiled sweets and then given the house a lick.
Sarah Waters quotes: You have been put too much to literary work,' he said on one of his visits, 'and that is the cause of your complaint. You have been put too much to literary work,' he said on one of his visits, 'and that is the cause of your complaint.
Sarah Waters quotes: I don't want to understand you,' I say tiredly. 'I wish you would not speak at all. I don't want to understand you,' I say tiredly. 'I wish you would not speak at all.
Sarah Waters quotes: She was like milk - too pale, too pure, too simple. She was made to be spoiled. She was like milk - too pale, too pure, too simple. She was made to be spoiled.
Sarah Waters quotes: I must be better, she thought - realising it then, in that moment, for the first time. I must be OK. I must be better, she thought - realising it then, in that moment, for the first time. I must be OK.
Sarah Waters quotes: Miss Craven held up a pair she thought would fit me - monstrous great things they were, of course, and I thought she smiled as she held them. Miss Craven held up a pair she thought would fit me - monstrous great things they were, of course, and I thought she smiled as she held them.
Sarah Waters quotes: I have some knowledge of the time that may be misspent, clinging to fictions and supposing them truths. I have some knowledge of the time that may be misspent, clinging to fictions and supposing them truths.
Sarah Waters quotes: She said, 'It's real, isn't it?'Lilian answered after a pause, with a bowed head, in a murmur. 'Yes, it's real. It's the only real thing. She said, 'It's real, isn't it?'
Lilian answered after a pause, with a bowed head, in a murmur. 'Yes, it's real. It's the only real thing.
Sarah Waters quotes: She was at her truest, it seemed to her, in these tingling moments - these moments when, paradoxically, she was also at her most anonymous. She was at her truest, it seemed to her, in these tingling moments - these moments when, paradoxically, she was also at her most anonymous.
Sarah Waters quotes: I suppose I really seemed mad, then; but it was only through the awfulness of having said nothing but the truth, and being thought to be deluded. I suppose I really seemed mad, then; but it was only through the awfulness of having said nothing but the truth, and being thought to be deluded.
Sarah Waters quotes: I give myself up to darkness; and wish I may never again be required to lift my head to the light. I give myself up to darkness; and wish I may never again be required to lift my head to the light.
Sarah Waters quotes: I've given up reading the papers. Since the world's so obviously bent on killing itself, I decided months ago to sit back and let it. I've given up reading the papers. Since the world's so obviously bent on killing itself, I decided months ago to sit back and let it.
Sarah Waters quotes: He would start it, I think, at the gate of Millbank, the point that every visitor must pass when they arrive to make their tour of the gaols. He would start it, I think, at the gate of Millbank, the point that every visitor must pass when they arrive to make their tour of the gaols.
Sarah Waters quotes: Weep all the artful tears you like. You shall never make my hard heart the softer. Weep all the artful tears you like. You shall never make my hard heart the softer.
Sarah Waters quotes: All I can do is write about whatever grabs me. All I can do is write about whatever grabs me.
Sarah Waters quotes: The madder he knows you to be, the better. Saves disappointment, don't it? The madder he knows you to be, the better. Saves disappointment, don't it?
Sarah Waters quotes: I'm not so sure about him. I'm not so sure about him.
Sarah Waters quotes: But she was used to that by now, used to this kind of waiting, that was slack as worn elastic yet had the tautness of wire. But she was used to that by now, used to this kind of waiting, that was slack as worn elastic yet had the tautness of wire.
Sarah Waters quotes: As far as Frances was concerned, gardening was simply open-air housework. As far as Frances was concerned, gardening was simply open-air housework.
Sarah Waters quotes: I wouldn't mind being a fly on the wall in a few Victorian parlours. I wouldn't mind being a fly on the wall in a few Victorian parlours.
Sarah Waters quotes: Sometimes the shortest journeys take longest, don't they? Sometimes the shortest journeys take longest, don't they?
Sarah Waters quotes: But the more I think it, the more I want her, the more my desire rises and swells. But the more I think it, the more I want her, the more my desire rises and swells.
Sarah Waters quotes: Don't you know that it is the same for locksmiths with spirits as with love? Spirits laugh at them. Don't you know that it is the same for locksmiths with spirits as with love? Spirits laugh at them.
Sarah Waters quotes: I sleep, and dream I am moving, swiftly, in a high-prowed boat, upon a dark and silent water. I sleep, and dream I am moving, swiftly, in a high-prowed boat, upon a dark and silent water.
Sarah Waters quotes: It was a great childhood. We weren't especially wealthy or anything, but I felt I had a kind of safety and freedom. It was a great childhood. We weren't especially wealthy or anything, but I felt I had a kind of safety and freedom.
Sarah Waters quotes: I knew I'd always be a second-rate academic, and I thought, 'Well, I'd rather be a second-rate novelist or even a third-rate one'. I knew I'd always be a second-rate academic, and I thought, 'Well, I'd rather be a second-rate novelist or even a third-rate one'.
Sarah Waters quotes: Modern dances always seem to me so vulgar. So much hopping about; like a scene from a mental ward! Modern dances always seem to me so vulgar. So much hopping about; like a scene from a mental ward!
Sarah Waters quotes: My nan was a nursery maid. Most people weren't in big houses. They were maids of all work. My nan was a nursery maid. Most people weren't in big houses. They were maids of all work.
Sarah Waters quotes: We see what a punishing business it is, simply being alive. We see what a punishing business it is, simply being alive.
Sarah Waters quotes: And so you see it is love- not scorn,not malice; only love- that makes me harm her, in the end. And so you see it is love- not scorn,not malice; only love- that makes me harm her, in the end.
Sarah Waters quotes: He would be cruel indeed, to put a passion in her, and then to punish her for feeling it. He would be cruel indeed, to put a passion in her, and then to punish her for feeling it.
Sarah Waters quotes: Even ashes are a part of your freedom. Even ashes are a part of your freedom.
Sarah Waters quotes: She was about to be married, and was frightened to death. And no-one would love her, ever again. She was about to be married, and was frightened to death. And no-one would love her, ever again.
Sarah Waters quotes: Now i begin to feel a longing so great, so sharp, i fear it will never be assuaged. i think it will mount, and mount, and make me mad, or Now i begin to feel a longing so great, so sharp, i fear it will never be assuaged. i think it will mount, and mount, and make me mad, or kill me.
Sarah Waters quotes: I am a sort of villain, and know other villains best. I am a sort of villain, and know other villains best.
Sarah Waters quotes: The rest of us become narrow and mean when we live falsely. I'm sick to death of living falsely. I've been doing it for years. The rest of us become narrow and mean when we live falsely. I'm sick to death of living falsely. I've been doing it for years.
Sarah Waters quotes: Don't you be thinking,' she says, 'on things that are done and can't be changed. All right, dear girl? You think of the time to come. Don't you be thinking,' she says, 'on things that are done and can't be changed. All right, dear girl? You think of the time to come.
Sarah Waters quotes: Why do gentlemen's voices carry so clearly, when women's are so easily stifled? Why do gentlemen's voices carry so clearly, when women's are so easily stifled?
Sarah Waters quotes: There is no patience so terrible as that of the deranged. There is no patience so terrible as that of the deranged.
Sarah Waters quotes: I barely knew I had skin before I met you. I barely knew I had skin before I met you.
Sarah Waters quotes: His feeling haunts and inhabits me, like a sickness. it covers me, like skin. His feeling haunts and inhabits me, like a sickness. it covers me, like skin.
Sarah Waters quotes: I do love the past but wouldn't want to live in it. I do love the past but wouldn't want to live in it.
Sarah Waters quotes: Well, that was the clerk class for you. They might be completely without culture, but they certainly knew how to make themselves comfortable. Well, that was the clerk class for you. They might be completely without culture, but they certainly knew how to make themselves comfortable.
Sarah Waters quotes: I'm taking you out, to meet my friends. I'm taking you,' she put a hand to my cheek, 'to my club. I'm taking you out, to meet my friends. I'm taking you,' she put a hand to my cheek, 'to my club.
Sarah Waters quotes: I love you, that is a simple thing to say...but my spirit does not love yours, it is entwined with it. I love you, that is a simple thing to say...but my spirit does not love yours, it is entwined with it.
Sarah Waters quotes: I never expected my books to do even as well as they have. I still feel grateful for it, every single day. I never expected my books to do even as well as they have. I still feel grateful for it, every single day.
Sarah Waters quotes: life is crap but, every day is an experience life is crap but, every day is an experience
Sarah Waters quotes: Everybody in my world knew that regular work was only another name for being robbed and dying of boredom. Everybody in my world knew that regular work was only another name for being robbed and dying of boredom.
Sarah Waters quotes: She said that that was the disadvantage of bringing creatures into the house: one grew used to them, and then, one had the upset of their loss. She said that that was the disadvantage of bringing creatures into the house: one grew used to them, and then, one had the upset of their loss.
Sarah Waters quotes: It was like kissing the darkness. As if the darkness had life, had a shape, had taste, was warm and glib. It was like kissing the darkness. As if the darkness had life, had a shape, had taste, was warm and glib.
Sarah Waters quotes: I used to write at home, but it didn't ever occur to me to be a writer. I used to write at home, but it didn't ever occur to me to be a writer.
Sarah Waters quotes: I'm interested in stories that aren't getting told: it's where my interests lie. I'm interested in stories that aren't getting told: it's where my interests lie.
Sarah Waters quotes: Never occurred to her. She desperately tried to think through the implications of it. Never occurred to her. She desperately tried to think through the implications of it.
Sarah Waters quotes: It was like a cure, being with Lilian. It made one feel like a piece of wax being cradled in a soft, warm palm. It was like a cure, being with Lilian. It made one feel like a piece of wax being cradled in a soft, warm palm.
Sarah Waters quotes: Some things are so frightful that a bit of madness is the only sane response. You know that, don't you? Some things are so frightful that a bit of madness is the only sane response. You know that, don't you?
Sarah Waters quotes: It was odd to see her stepping out of that gloomy place, like a pearl coming out of an oyster. It was odd to see her stepping out of that gloomy place, like a pearl coming out of an oyster.
Sarah Waters quotes: His throat bulges queerly, as men's throats do: as if inviting the blow that will crush it. His throat bulges queerly, as men's throats do: as if inviting the blow that will crush it.
Sarah Waters quotes: I'm sorry you aren't as brave as you thought you were. But don't punish me because of it. I'm sorry you aren't as brave as you thought you were. But don't punish me because of it.
Sarah Waters quotes: The vase was placed upon my desk, and there were orange-blossoms in it - orange-blossoms, in an English winter! The vase was placed upon my desk, and there were orange-blossoms in it - orange-blossoms, in an English winter!
Sarah Waters quotes: Why is it we can never love the people we ought to? Why is it we can never love the people we ought to?
Sarah Waters quotes: She said, 'It is filled with all the words for how I want you. She said, 'It is filled with all the words for how I want you.
Sarah Waters quotes: I knew that Kitty and I felt just the same- only, of course, about different things. I should have remembered this, later. I knew that Kitty and I felt just the same- only, of course, about different things. I should have remembered this, later.

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