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“She picked up the stout and took a sip. It slid down her throat like silk.”
“Some women will do anything for a glass of champagne and a safe bed.”
“Reticence was clearly a national characteristic, even if the other person spoke French.”
“It was nearly ten years since the peace though her memories of the war still felt fresh.”
“Afternoon drinkers shifted in the gloom as if they sensed new blood.”
“Mirabelle was always an enigma, and he had the sense that if he pushed her, she’d bolt.”
“The sound of pencils taking notes provided a low scrape and hum, almost like radio interference.”
“Covert operations relied on the unguarded slip, the unconscious choosing of one word over another.”
“Readership is highly dependent upon format and distribution as much as it is on content.”
“We have more choice than ever before about where and how we buy and read books.”
“The curve of my waist in a tight fitting summer dress can really make me new friends.”
“I'm a novelist by trade and my job is to write a story rather than reconstruct actual events.”
“Only a man with nothing to hide could make that kind of racket.”
“He’s more a shape in a drape than a hep cat”
“One of Scotland's most important cultural exports - stories.”
“Writing about the 1950s has given me tremendous respect for my mother's generation.”
“Those who have not been stung will hardly fear a bee the same as those who have.”
“The law don't like jazz clubs. No one wants anything to do with that kind of trouble.”
“I had loved poetry and the theatre. Now I loved adventure more.”