Quotes from Kate Mosse

was a landscape built on an altogether different scale – earth, air, fire and water were laid out in plain view, like keys on a piano.

If you take away the mystery of God and reduce everything to the commonplace, you take away much of the beauty in their lives.

If we do not remember those who have gone before us, we are destined to repeat the same mistakes. We walk blind through

Library campaigners are not prepared to stand by and watch something they cherish be dismantled brick by brick.

Usually I decide on what it is I'm writing next by the books I'm reading.

Free and fair access to books - to reading - is a right and one we should fight for.

The message is clear: libraries matter. Their solid presence at the heart of our towns sends the proud signal that everyone - whoever they are, whatever their educational background, whatever their age or their needs - is welcome.

What we leave behind in this life is the memory of who we were and what we did. An imprint, no more.

I really like people and I keep friendships. I have people from all parts of my life.

All prizes have a role, if they are run with integrity and with a clear focus on reading and quality writing. I don't think any of them is necessary, but they all play an incredibly important role in building a body of literature, in introducing new authors to new readers, and extending reading.

I read a lot of thrillers, especially American crime novels.

Lots of people have objections to prizes of all types, and it would be extraordinary if everybody agreed on anything that's worthwhile - they never do.

History is written by the victors, the strongest, the most determined. Truth is found most often in the silence, in the quiet places.

One cannot always marry the person one loves.

I am not a fan of historical fiction that is sloppy in its research or is dishonest about the real history.

We are who we are, be­cause of those we choose to love and be­cause of those who love us.

What we leave behind in this life is the memory of who we were and what we did. An imprint, no more.

For when all else is done, on­ly words re­main. Words en­dure.

Love - true love - is a precious thing. It is painful, uncomfortable, makes fools of us all, but it is what breathes meaning and color and purpose into our lives.

And I shall set this last truth down. We are who we are because of those we choose to love and because of those who love us.

The dead leave their shadows, an echo of the space within which once they lived. They haunt us, never fading or growing older as we do. The loss we grieve is not just their futures but our own.

Do you believe you can change your destiny?' he (Sajhë) said, seeking an answer. Alice found herself nodding. 'Otherwise, what's the point? If we are simply walking a path preordained, then all the experiences that make us who we are - love, grief, joy, learning, changing - would count for nothing.

There's no black and no white, just shades of grey...But the small betrayals lead to bigger ones, morality is eroded.

One cannot always marry the person one loves...