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Kate Morton, born in 1976, is an acclaimed Australian author known for her intricate family histories and emotional storytelling.

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“Will history remember us, I wonder? I do hope so - to imagine that one might do something, touch an event somehow, & thereby transcend the bounds of a single human lifetime!”

Humans Might Remember Wonder Imagine Events Lifetime Bounds Imagine That

Book:The Forgotten Garden

Source: The Forgotten Garden

“It didn't occur to him that she might have chosen to remain this way. That where he saw reserve and loneliness, Cassandra saw self-preservation and the knowledge that it was safer when one had less to lose.”

Way Self Might Loses Saws Loneliness Chosen Reserves Preservation Self Preservation

Book:The Forgotten Garden: A Novel

Source: The Forgotten Garden: A Novel

“Cassandra's grandmother smiled then, only it wasn't a happy smile. Cassandra thought she knew how it felt to smile like that. She often did so herself when her mother promised her something she really wanted but knew might not happen.”

Might Happens Wanted Mother Felt Grandmother Happy Smile

Book:The Forgotten Garden

Source: The Forgotten Garden

“There’s something about hospital walls; though only made of bricks and plaster, when you’re inside them the noise, the reality of the teeming city beyond, disappears; it’s just outside the door, but it might as well be a magical land far, far away.”

Wells Made Reality Might Cities Doors Land Wall Disappear Noise Hospitals Far Away Bricks Plasters

Book:The Distant Hours: A Novel

Source: The Distant Hours: A Novel

“Lil had always believed that a person's duty was to make the best of the hand they were dealt. No use wondering what might have been, she used to say, all that matters is what is.”

Persons Has Beens Matter Use Hands Might Used Wonder Duty Might Have Been

Book:The Forgotten Garden

Source: The Forgotten Garden

“Curiosity might have killed the cat, but little girls usually fared much better.”

Littles Might Girl Cat Curiosity

Book:The Secret Keeper: A Novel

Source: The Secret Keeper: A Novel

“I write what I'd like to read and just hope that, along the way, others might like to read them, too.”

Way Writing Might

Author:Kate Morton

“People might think writing is a hard business, but it's nowhere near acting.”

People Thinking Writing Hard Might Acting

Author:Kate Morton

“Some say I'm an overnight success. Well, that was a very long night that lasted about 10 years. But while I do, of course, now feel the pressure having had books that have been very successful, I just know I have to concentrate on writing for myself. I can't worry about genres or markets or what might be commercial or not. That never works.”

Knows Feels Writing Years Wells Long Has Beens I Can Book Might Night Courses Worry Successful Pressure Genre Overnight Success Long Nights

Author:Kate Morton

About the Author

Born: 1976
Known for: Author
Quotes: 251

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The Forgotten GardenRelated source material

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