The proper way to understand any social system was to view it from above.

- Eleanor Catton

I think the adverb is a much-maligned part of speech. Its always accused of being oppressive, even tyrannical, when in fact its so supple and sly.

- Eleanor Catton

It is a mark of the depth of their wounding that they are pretending they suspected it all along. Everything that they have seen and been told about …

- Eleanor Catton

I see disappointment as something small and aggregate rather than something unified or great. With a little effort, every failure can be turned into …

- Eleanor Catton

Remember that anybody who is clever enough to set you free is clever enough to enslave you.

- Eleanor Catton

It is a feature of human nature to give what we most wish to receive.

- Eleanor Catton

A man ought never to trust another mans evaluation of a third mans disposition.

- Eleanor Catton

Astrologys a moving system that depends on where youre looking at it from on Earth. My horoscope here in London would be completely different to down…

- Eleanor Catton

I have observed that male writers tend to get asked what they think and women what they feel," she says. "In my experience, and that of a lot of othe…

- Eleanor Catton