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If you don't have a unique voice, then you're not really a writer.
Kate Atkinson
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Kate Atkinson
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: December 20
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Patricia embraces me on the station platform. 'The past is what you leave behind in life, Ruby,' she says with the smile of a reincarnated lama. 'Nonsense, Patricia,' I tell her as I climb on board my train. 'The past's what you take with you.
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Jennifer had never liked the pain of remembering what had happened, but for Theo it was the pain that kept Laura alive in his memory. He was afraid that if it ever began to heal she would disappear.
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Oh, God. What was happening to her, she was turning into a normal person.
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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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