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Sophie Hannah quotes: I've got lots of favourite authors, but I would say Nicci French because I look more forward to reading her next new book than any other author.

I've got lots of favourite authors, but I would say Nicci French because I look more forward to reading her next new book than any other author.

Sophie Hannah quotes: My father, whose hobby was collecting secondhand cricket books, came back from a book fair one day with a copy of 'The Body In The Library.'

My father, whose hobby was collecting secondhand cricket books, came back from a book fair one day with a copy of 'The Body In The Library.'

Sophie Hannah quotes: Crime fiction is a way of satisfying that nosy need to know.

Crime fiction is a way of satisfying that nosy need to know.

Sophie Hannah quotes: It is hate that makes people kill, Mr Catchpool, not love. Never love. Please be rational.

It is hate that makes people kill, Mr Catchpool, not love. Never love. Please be rational.

Sophie Hannah quotes: Life punishes the needy; admit you can't live without something and it's taken away.

Life punishes the needy; admit you can't live without something and it's taken away.

Sophie Hannah quotes: We cannot help how we feel, but we can choose whether or not to act upon those feelings.

We cannot help how we feel, but we can choose whether or not to act upon those feelings.

Sophie Hannah quotes: I know better than anyone that sometimes a possibility is enough to keep a person going, even if it never becomes a reality.

I know better than anyone that sometimes a possibility is enough to keep a person going, even if it never becomes a reality.

Sophie Hannah quotes: You can always, and easily, give somebody the gift of hope and faith, even in the midst of despair.

You can always, and easily, give somebody the gift of hope and faith, even in the midst of despair.

Sophie Hannah quotes: No one has been buried at Mill Road Cemetery in Cambridge, England, for many years, and so the place has a shady, overgrown magic about it.

No one has been buried at Mill Road Cemetery in Cambridge, England, for many years, and so the place has a shady, overgrown magic about it.

Sophie Hannah quotes: In my opinion, a superior mind counts for nothing unless accompanied by a superior heart.

In my opinion, a superior mind counts for nothing unless accompanied by a superior heart.

Sophie Hannah quotes: Alas, the human mind is a perverse, uncontrollable organ,

Alas, the human mind is a perverse, uncontrollable organ,

Sophie Hannah quotes: I thought to myself, 'No matter what happens from now on, even if my heart ends up in pieces, this makes it all worth it, this moment.

I thought to myself, 'No matter what happens from now on, even if my heart ends up in pieces, this makes it all worth it, this moment.

Sophie Hannah quotes: No attack is ever really an attack on the victim. It's the perpetrator attacking an aspect of himself that he loathes. He or she.

No attack is ever really an attack on the victim. It's the perpetrator attacking an aspect of himself that he loathes. He or she.

Sophie Hannah quotes: Sometimes, convenience has the appearance of logic.

Sometimes, convenience has the appearance of logic.

Sophie Hannah quotes: That's not me talking, it's your inner voice. I'd attempt the accent, only I don't speak low self-esteem. It's a language I've never needed to learn.

That's not me talking, it's your inner voice. I'd attempt the accent, only I don't speak low self-esteem. It's a language I've never needed to learn.

Sophie Hannah quotes: Just because someone has stylistic limitations doesn't necessarily make them a worse writer.

Just because someone has stylistic limitations doesn't necessarily make them a worse writer.

Sophie Hannah quotes: Wall of lies?' Proust muttered. 'Is that the one that borders the orchard of obsession that contains the tree of lunacy?

Wall of lies?' Proust muttered. 'Is that the one that borders the orchard of obsession that contains the tree of lunacy?

Sophie Hannah quotes: Agatha Christie's writing is incredibly skillful because her books are incredibly intellectually puzzling and challenging.

Agatha Christie's writing is incredibly skillful because her books are incredibly intellectually puzzling and challenging.

Sophie Hannah quotes: There are very few well-adjusted people in my books. But I do think that's normal. Because everyone does have their issues and hang-ups.

There are very few well-adjusted people in my books. But I do think that's normal. Because everyone does have their issues and hang-ups.

Sophie Hannah quotes: Lies were lethal, however honourable the intentions of the liar. They deprived people of the opportunity to know the basic facts of their own lives.

Lies were lethal, however honourable the intentions of the liar. They deprived people of the opportunity to know the basic facts of their own lives.

Sophie Hannah quotes: She'd buy diamond-studded earplugs and go and lie on a beach in the Caribbean where the whining of jealous bastards wouldn't reach her.

She'd buy diamond-studded earplugs and go and lie on a beach in the Caribbean where the whining of jealous bastards wouldn't reach her.

Sophie Hannah quotes: Too much self-esteem, thought Simon: the real curse of our age.

Too much self-esteem, thought Simon: the real curse of our age.

Sophie Hannah quotes: If you ask people if they enjoy crime novels, they'll say, 'Oh, my guilty pleasure is ... ' then name a really brilliant crime writer.

If you ask people if they enjoy crime novels, they'll say, 'Oh, my guilty pleasure is ... ' then name a really brilliant crime writer.

Sophie Hannah quotes: What surprised me most while writing 'The Monogram Murders' was that everything I needed seemed to arrive in my head exactly when I needed it.

What surprised me most while writing 'The Monogram Murders' was that everything I needed seemed to arrive in my head exactly when I needed it.

Sophie Hannah quotes: A lot of women feel like they should be enjoying motherhood, they should be fulfilled and shouldn't be thinking, 'I wish I didn't have to do this.'

A lot of women feel like they should be enjoying motherhood, they should be fulfilled and shouldn't be thinking, 'I wish I didn't have to do this.'

Sophie Hannah quotes: It's funny that sometimes you can only describe something with perfect accuracy by being wildly inaccurate.

It's funny that sometimes you can only describe something with perfect accuracy by being wildly inaccurate.

Sophie Hannah quotes: I'm not cut out to lug babies around!

I'm not cut out to lug babies around!

Sophie Hannah quotes: My characters all have issues, but I don't see that as weird or abnormal because I think in real life there are very few bland, normal people.

My characters all have issues, but I don't see that as weird or abnormal because I think in real life there are very few bland, normal people.

Sophie Hannah quotes: He wondered how many new starts a person was entitled to, how many times one could say it was the other person's fault and truly believe it.

He wondered how many new starts a person was entitled to, how many times one could say it was the other person's fault and truly believe it.

Sophie Hannah quotes: Poirot smoothed his mustache, as if he imagined that laughing might have shaken it out of shape.

Poirot smoothed his mustache, as if he imagined that laughing might have shaken it out of shape.

Sophie Hannah quotes: Reading is the only area of my life in which I prefer to be non-autonomous.

Reading is the only area of my life in which I prefer to be non-autonomous.

Sophie Hannah quotes: I'm low-level angry most of the time, never really know why,' Simon told him. 'You got the brunt of it. This time.

I'm low-level angry most of the time, never really know why,' Simon told him. 'You got the brunt of it. This time.

Sophie Hannah quotes: Why treat the people closest to you like strangers?

Why treat the people closest to you like strangers?

Sophie Hannah quotes: Prejudices are comforting: everyone should make sure to cultivate at least three.

Prejudices are comforting: everyone should make sure to cultivate at least three.

Sophie Hannah quotes: I've been alone with my thoughts for too long; I'm starting to feel unreal.

I've been alone with my thoughts for too long; I'm starting to feel unreal.

Sophie Hannah quotes: Oh, God. I can't do this. I only slightly want to have a baby. I think. I actually don't know at all.

Oh, God. I can't do this. I only slightly want to have a baby. I think. I actually don't know at all.

Sophie Hannah quotes: In West Yorkshire, I'd have to drive three quarters of an hour to go shopping.

In West Yorkshire, I'd have to drive three quarters of an hour to go shopping.

Sophie Hannah quotes: Are men like babies? Is trying to distract them a better tactic than asking them to behave reasonably?

Are men like babies? Is trying to distract them a better tactic than asking them to behave reasonably?

Sophie Hannah quotes: She was irritated, briefly, by the thought that she might be becoming more mature. Why should she become a better person when no one else did?

She was irritated, briefly, by the thought that she might be becoming more mature. Why should she become a better person when no one else did?

Sophie Hannah quotes: Only Agatha Christie can write like Agatha Christie.

Only Agatha Christie can write like Agatha Christie.

Sophie Hannah quotes: Most people seemed to think stable equalled happy.

Most people seemed to think stable equalled happy.

Sophie Hannah quotes: A loose tile; Poirot could not sleep in a room with such a thing.

A loose tile; Poirot could not sleep in a room with such a thing.

Sophie Hannah quotes: If we knew more about psychology, we would be better equipped to deal with other people's psychological damage which they might project onto us.

If we knew more about psychology, we would be better equipped to deal with other people's psychological damage which they might project onto us.

Sophie Hannah quotes: We manufacture anger to give ourselves the illusion of power when we feel weak and helpless.

We manufacture anger to give ourselves the illusion of power when we feel weak and helpless.

Sophie Hannah quotes: It is the job of art to replace unhappy true stories with happier inventions.

It is the job of art to replace unhappy true stories with happier inventions.

Sophie Hannah quotes: Sometimes a gentle perambulation causes a new idea to rise to the surface of one's thoughts.

Sometimes a gentle perambulation causes a new idea to rise to the surface of one's thoughts.

Sophie Hannah quotes: All through childhood, I wrote verses and mysteries. There is, for me, one connection: structure. My poetry is metrical, rhyming.

All through childhood, I wrote verses and mysteries. There is, for me, one connection: structure. My poetry is metrical, rhyming.

Sophie Hannah quotes: What you cannot imagine, you cannot fear.

What you cannot imagine, you cannot fear.

Sophie Hannah quotes: Good sense appears the most underhand of tactics to a man who has no reserves of his own to draw upon.

Good sense appears the most underhand of tactics to a man who has no reserves of his own to draw upon.

Sophie Hannah quotes: When a writer tries to copy another writer, it's doomed to fail.

When a writer tries to copy another writer, it's doomed to fail.

Sophie Hannah quotes: One cannot do such harm to another and not wound one's own soul in the process.

One cannot do such harm to another and not wound one's own soul in the process.

Sophie Hannah quotes: make decisions based on hope, not fear.

make decisions based on hope, not fear.

Sophie Hannah quotes: Poirot is a classic character from fiction, not a MacBook Air; he would not benefit from updates.

Poirot is a classic character from fiction, not a MacBook Air; he would not benefit from updates.

Sophie Hannah quotes: But we'll stumble on, she and I, into our messy future. And we'll have each other

But we'll stumble on, she and I, into our messy future. And we'll have each other

Sophie Hannah quotes: I love the house we're in, but at the same time, I'm hooked on the romance of house-hunting.

I love the house we're in, but at the same time, I'm hooked on the romance of house-hunting.

Sophie Hannah quotes: No, thanks,' said Sam, who had never understood why he often refused drinks he would have liked to accept.

No, thanks,' said Sam, who had never understood why he often refused drinks he would have liked to accept.

Sophie Hannah quotes: In a crime novel, if you are going to have a big revelation in chapter 30, you have to plant the information in chapters three and 11.

In a crime novel, if you are going to have a big revelation in chapter 30, you have to plant the information in chapters three and 11.