I think, actually, everyone starts out with some strange in them. It's just whether or not you decide to keep it.

- Katherine Rundell

I do, I’m afraid, understand books far more readily than I understand people. Books are so easy to get along with.

- Katherine Rundell

It's like eight thousand birds, Charles! Charles! Isn't it like eight thousand birds?

- Katherine Rundell

Books crowbar the world open for you.

- Katherine Rundell