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Sophie Hannah Biography

Poet

Sophie Hannah is a renowned British poet, born in 1971. Her poetry is known for its unique style and profound emotional expression.

Men Women Gender Roles

Book:A Game for All the Family

Source: A Game for All the Family

“She smiled at us—a smile that was demure and moderate, welcoming and cautious—as she entered the room and sat in the chair that we had set out for her.”

Smiles Page 138

Book:The Killings at Kingfisher Hill

Source: The Killings at Kingfisher Hill

“I thought to myself that a conversation was a strange thing that could take you almost anywhere. Often you were left stranded miles from where you had started, with no idea about how to get back.”

Coversation Mr Catchpool

Book:The Monogram Murders

Source: The Monogram Murders

“That's not me talking, it's your inner voice. I'd attempt the accent, only I don't speak low self-esteem. It's a language I've never needed to learn.”

Self Esteem Self Esteem Or Lack Thereof

Book:Kind of Cruel

Source: Kind of Cruel

“It's funny that sometimes you can only describe something with perfect accuracy by being wildly inaccurate.”

Funny Accurate Accuracy Describe Inaccurate Sophie Hannah The Orphan Choir

Book:The Orphan Choir

Source: The Orphan Choir

“If you only have one world, one life, then however brilliant it is most of the time, you have nowhere to run when you need to escape from it for a while.”

World Life Time Brilliant Escape Hide Sophie Hannah The Orphan Choir

Book:The Orphan Choir

Source: The Orphan Choir

“I've been alone with my thoughts for too long; I'm starting to feel unreal.”

Thoughts Unreal Sophie Hannah The Carrier

Book:The Carrier

Source: The Carrier

“Freddy Mercury's reflections about supersonic women are making me glad that I've never met one: they sound like a bit of a handful - not very easy-going.”

Funny Women Humour Handful Reflections Easy Going Sophie Hannah The Orphan Choir Freddy Mercury

Book:The Orphan Choir

Source: The Orphan Choir

“No one has been buried at Mill Road Cemetery in Cambridge, England, for many years, and so the place has a shady, overgrown magic about it.”

Years Has Beens Magic England Buried Mills Cemetery Shady Cambridge

Author:Sophie Hannah

“I always notice the dysfunctional dynamic of human relationships because most places where you encounter it, people are trying to pretend it isnt happening.”

People Trying Humans Happenings Encounters Human Relations Human Relationships

Author:Sophie Hannah

“Cambridge is heaven, I am convinced it is the nicest place in the world to live. As you walk round, most people look incredibly bright, as if they are probably off to win a Nobel prize.”

People Ifs World Looks Winning Heaven Walks Rounds Convinced Prize Nobel Places In The World Nobel Prize Cambridge

Author:Sophie Hannah

“I am a fellow commoner at Lucy Cavendish College. My husband used to be a lecturer at Leeds University, and we lived in Yorkshire for 11 years. When he gave up his job, we realised we could live wherever we liked.”

Years Jobs Used College Husband Fellows University Used To Be My Husband Realised Gave Up Lecturer Lucy Yorkshire Leeds Commoners

Author:Sophie Hannah

“Most crime fiction plots are not ambitious enough for me. I want something really labyrinthine with clues and puzzles that will reward careful attention.”

Want Enough Attention Fiction Crime Rewards Careful Plot Ambitious Puzzles Clue Want Something Crime Fiction

Author:Sophie Hannah

“I never write about CIA conspiracies or the FBI or mafia or anything like that because I just dont understand that world. But I think I do understand individual human harmfulness.”

Thinking World Writing Humans Individual Conspiracy Mafia Cia Fbi

Author:Sophie Hannah

“Lies were lethal, however honourable the intentions of the liar. They deprived people of the opportunity to know the basic facts of their own lives.”

People Knows Facts Lying Opportunity Intention Liars Deprived

Book:Little Face: Culver Valley Crime

Source: Little Face: Culver Valley Crime

“I never do enjoy my breaks, long or short...I look forward to them intensely, but as soon as they begin, I can feel them starting to end. I feel the temporariness of my freedom, and find it hard to concentrate on anything other than the sensation of it trickling away.”

Feels Looks Long I Can Ends Hard Enjoy Break Starting Sensations Dread

Author:Sophie Hannah

“Weak people always attack strong people - it's safer. It's weak people who are dangerous, who lash out uncontrollably and hurt you back. Stong people can walk away - no repercussions, you see, if you attack a stong person.”

People Ifs Persons Strong Hurt Walks Dangerous Weak Repercussions Lashes Strong People Weak People

Author:Sophie Hannah

“You can always, and easily, give somebody the gift of hope and faith, even in the midst of despair.”

Giving Despair Midst Hope And Faith

Author:Sophie Hannah

“We manufacture anger to give ourselves the illusion of power when we feel weak and helpless.”

Giving Feels Illusion Weak Helpless

Book:Lasting Damage: Culver Valley Crime

Source: Lasting Damage: Culver Valley Crime

“But we'll stumble on, she and I, into our messy future. And we'll have each other.”

Love Messy

Book:Little Face: Culver Valley Crime

Source: Little Face: Culver Valley Crime

About the Author

Born: 1971
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 20

Books & Sources

The Orphan ChoirRelated source material

Little Face: Culver Valley CrimeRelated source material

A Game for All the FamilyRelated source material

Kind of CruelRelated source material

Lasting Damage: Culver Valley CrimeRelated source material

The CarrierRelated source material

The Killings at Kingfisher HillRelated source material

The Monogram MurdersRelated source material

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