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Time was a thief, he stole your life away from you and the only way you could get it back was to outwit him and snatch it right back.
Kate Atkinson
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Kate Atkinson
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: December 20
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Men had no purpose on earth whereas women were gods walking unrecognized among them.
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The past is a cupboard full of light and all you have to do is find the key that opens the door.
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I'm a lapsed Quaker. I don't go to meetings any more. But I'm very drawn to Catholicism - all that glitter. I'd love to be a Catholic. I think it would be fantastic - faith, forgiveness, absolution, extreme unction - all these wonderful words. I don't think anyone who was ever born a Catholic hasn't died a Catholic, no matter how lapsed they are.
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As I watch, the sky fills with clouds of snow feathers from every kind of bird there ever was and even some that only exist in the imagination, like the bluebirds that fly over the rainbow.
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The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories.
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Not being published would be great. When I say that to other writers they look at me as if I'm totally insane.
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Love was the hardest thing. Don't let anyone ever tell you different.
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