Quotes from Kate Saunders

There are so many sad people nowadays that sadness looks normal.

I have often observed that the state of motherhood can turn quite ordinary females into heroines . . .

Does your hip hurt much?" "Only when I laugh or fart

So much of people's fortune, good or bad, depends upon how they choose to fall in love.

I never allowed myself to forget how it had felt to be young and in love.

I hate the world sometimes," Anthea said. "The unfairness of it. I won't force you to see me if you don't want to - but nobody can stop me loving you, and I'll wait for you all my life if I have to.

That bird was a phoenix," Demerara said. "You'll know about them from those Henry Porter books.

Ben sighed, his mouth crammed with biscuit. "You don't trust us at all, do you? You think we're going to whip out our knobs between courses and show you up.

he prayed with them up to the very gallows if he could. 'It's the duty of any half-decent clergyman to walk into Hell itself,' he used to say. 'We're needed most where God is least.

I know how it feels to have a comfortable world suddenly turn against you,' I replied. 'My husband died, and poverty made my sorrow ten times

unfairness of

This was a very parentish thing to say; parents didn't understand that teachers never listened to explanations.

Sometimes Emily was so lonely that it was like being invisible.

The housekeeper, Mrs Craik, came

And this fine young prince had fallen in love with a Nobody from Nowhere -- as princes sometimes do, though not as often as romantic tradition would have you believe.

People don't seem to make Smoking Bishop nowadays: it's a fragrant concoction of red wine, port wine and spices, and my beloved Matt was very fond of a glass directly after a chilly Matins; you must first stick a lemon with cloves and sugar-lumps, roast it beside a medium fire until caramelized, then place in your pan of wine to simmer gently for twenty minutes.)

Mr Haywood is Ernie,' the Lamb told Robert. 'The one who thinks Anthea's pretty.

but some conventions cannot

I WILL NOT BE A DINOSAUR POO!

The secret of my mincemeat was handed down to me by my dear mother. In a word, suet.

the moment he was through the grand front door. "OZ! OZ!" They hugged each other so hard they almost fell over; the happiness was incredible and the other voice fizzed between them like an electrical wire. "Hey, Oz!" He got a rough hug from Caydon. "You don't look as if you've been tortured

PerTIsHUN to the STURveY!

Do we know anything about Drummond – apart from what the cheese-woman said about his fondness for horse-racing?

And this fine young prince had fallen in love with a Nobody from Nowhere -- as princes sometimes do, though not as often as romantic tradition would have you believe.