Quotes from Sara Sheridan

I had never really understood what an adventure life could be, if you followed your heart and did what you really wanted to do, which is what we must all do in the end.

I've always been attracted to stories about rebels - things that are unusual and sometimes dangerous.

I pride myself on making my own decisions, sir," she said. "I do not welcome gentlemen making them for me.

Without archives many stories of real people would be lost, and along with those stories, vital clues that allow us to reflect and interpret our lives today.

The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout.

In a heartbeat, he understands why religions are born on the sands – there is nothing here for a man but his own mind.

The lively oral storytelling scene in Scots and Gaelic spills over into the majority English-speaking culture, imbuing it with a strong sense of narrative drive that is essential to the modern novel, screenplay and even non-fiction.

Such a night cannot be shaken from a woman's memory. Such a night changes your life forever.

I had loved poetry and the theatre. Now I loved adventure more.

I like you in green,' he said. 'You look as if you're a very beautiful imp.'

Books exist for me not as physical entities with pages and binding, but in the province of my mind.

While I'm frustrated at the amount I'm expected to take on in the present, the 1950s woman was frustrated by being excluded - not being allowed to take things on at all.

The jungle is alive. It's dangerous as a living nightmare and brimful of hostility.

The moon was low but not full. The men set out along the dock in conversation. As they dropped onto the dark beach, Simmons declared, 'There can be no better place in the world than this.' Henderson had to agree. The beach was beautiful. The stars lit the sand and balmy air rode in as the waves washed up on paradise

The devil was always in the detail. And here the detail was certainly devilish.

I can't bear literary snobbery.

Today women have the rights and equality our Victorian sisters could only dream of, and with those privileges comes the responsibility of standing up and being counted.

I believe the era of the militant lady is back.

She enjoyed the sights and sounds of the dockside – ports were places of freedom.

I'm a library user and I just don't hoard books. To me, they're for sharing.

I don't choose between my house phone and my mobile. I don't choose between my laptop and my notebook. And I don't intend to choose between my e-reader and my bookshelf.

The bonds between a family are strange indeed.

Often we don't notice the stringent rules to which our culture subjects us.

I'm not sure how much easier it is for a mother to balance her life now - have we simply swapped one set of restrictions for another?