People’s lives are often other than they seem to be on the surface. And sometimes, what’s underneath and hidden is the best part of all, the part of …

- Stan Barstow

You can't love a person till you know him or her inside out, until you've lived with them and shared experience: sadness, joy, living - you've got to…

- Stan Barstow

The world may be full of fourth-rate writers but it's also full of fourth-rate readers.

- Stan Barstow

The days draw out, the weather gets warmer, and it's what we call summer, with a bitter laugh when we've said it.

- Stan Barstow