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You can step in the same river but the water will always be new.

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Kate Atkinson
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: December 20
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Short Story Writer
Writer
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Hindsight's a wonderful thing. If we all had it there would be no history to write about.
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Alternate history fascinates me, as it fascinates all novelists, because 'What if?' is the big thing.
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Probably not needing to be published would give me more time to think about a book.
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Love was the hardest thing. Don't let anyone ever tell you different.
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Feminism is such an incredibly awkward word for us these days, isnt it? Not to be feminist would be bizarre, wouldnt it?
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I feel as if I’m waiting for something dreadful to happen, and then I realize it already has.
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I am mad, I think. I am mad therefore I think. I am mad therefore I think I am.
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