Quotes from Joanna Trollope

Not having God with you is like trying to walk normally on one leg; it twists you, it must.

This is awful," Sally said. "Why should it be so painful?" "Because you don't realize how important your human landscape is until bits drop away." He gripped her hand. "It's worse when you get older. In your twenties, you never think—

I don't always set stories in villages, more often in towns. But always in smallish communities because the characters' actions are more visible there, and the dramatic tension is heightened.

You can't help parts of yourself leaking into other characters.