Think of this - that the writer wrote alone, and the reader read alone, and they were alone with each other.
I like feeling my way into different minds and experiences. It comes naturally and always has. - A. S. Byatt
I like feeling my way into different minds and experiences. It comes naturally and always has.
- A. S. Byatt
Harm can come about without will or action. But will and action can avert harm. - A. S. Byatt
Harm can come about without will or action. But will and action can avert harm.
I have a dreadful fear that the more you try to prevent revealing the self the more you do. - A. S. Byatt
I have a dreadful fear that the more you try to prevent revealing the self the more you do.
What I need to write well is a combination of heat, light and solitude. - A. S. Byatt
What I need to write well is a combination of heat, light and solitude.
I don't like gurus. I don't like people who ask you to follow or believe. I like people who ask you to think independently. - A. S. Byatt
I don't like gurus. I don't like people who ask you to follow or believe. I like people who ask you to think independently.
I'm more interested in books than people, and I always expect everybody else to be, but they're not. - A. S. Byatt
I'm more interested in books than people, and I always expect everybody else to be, but they're not.
Independent women must expect more of themselves, since neither men nor other more conventionally domesticated women will hope for anything, or expec… - A. S. Byatt
Independent women must expect more of themselves, since neither men nor other more conventionally domesticated women will hope for anything, or expec…
Everything is surprising, rightly seen. - A. S. Byatt
Everything is surprising, rightly seen.
Young girls are sad. They like to be; it makes them feel strong. - A. S. Byatt
Young girls are sad. They like to be; it makes them feel strong.
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