Sara Sheridan Quotes

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• Without archives many stories of real people would be lost, and along with those stories, vital clues that allow us to reflect and interpret our lives today.

  Sara Sheridan

  Real, People, Live For Today

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• It is through our extended family that we first learn to compromise and come to an understanding that even if we don't always agree about things we can still love and look out for each other.

  Sara Sheridan

  Understanding, Firsts, Looks

  "How my niece ended up signing copies of my book" by Sara Sheridan, www.theguardian.com. April 5, 2011.

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• I had never really understood what an adventure life could be, if you followed your heart and did what you really wanted to do, which is what we must all do in the end.

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  Heart, Adventure, Ends

  Sara Sheridan (1998). “Truth or dare”, Random House (UK)

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• I don't choose between my house phone and my mobile. I don't choose between my laptop and my notebook. And I don't intend to choose between my e-reader and my bookshelf.

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  Notebook, Phones, House

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• I jealously guard my research time and I love fully immersing myself in those dusty old books and papers. It's one of the most enjoyable parts of my job.

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  Jobs, Book, Research

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• It is one of the benchmarks of a culture I always think – the page at which it operates. A good way to measure it is to order a taxi and see how irate local people get if it is late.

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  Thinking, Order, People

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• Historical fiction of course is particularly research-heavy. The details of everyday life are there to trip you up. Things that we take for granted, indeed, hardly think about, can lead to tremendous mistakes.

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  Mistake, Thinking, Historical

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• For me, writing stories set, well, wherever they're best set, is a form of cultural curiosity that is uniquely Scottish - we're famous for travelling in search of adventure.

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  Writing, Adventure, Curiosity

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• I find it inspiring to actively choose which traditions to celebrate and also come up with new ideas for traditions of my own.

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  Healing, Ideas, Tradition

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• I always thought that bagels and lox was my soul food, but it turns out it's sushi.

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  Soul, Bagels, Sushi

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• The law don't like jazz clubs. No one wants anything to do with that kind of trouble.

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  Law, Clubs, Want

  Sara Sheridan (2013). “London Calling: A Mirabelle Bevan Mystery:”, p.38, Birlinn

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• Research material can turn up anywhere - in a dusty old letter in an archive, a journal or some old photographs you find in a charity shop.

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  Archives, Research, Charity

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• Books have a vital place in our culture. They are the source of ideas, of stories that engage and stretch the imagination and most importantly, inspire.

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  Book, Ideas, Imagination

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• Aunts offer kids an opportunity to try out ideas that don't chime with their parents and they also demonstrate that people can get on, love each other and live together without necessarily being carbon copies.

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  Kids, Aunt, Opportunity

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• A book is a story, even if it's non-fiction, and once I've read it, I have the story with me inside my head always.

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  Book, Fiction, Stories

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• Sometimes I create a character from a scrap - a mere mention that has been left behind.

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  Character, Sometimes, Left Behind

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• As an historical novelist - there are few jobs more retrospective.

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  Jobs, Historical, Novelists

  "Why writers must embrace social media, no matter the genre" by Sara Sheridan, www.theguardian.com. April 14, 2017.

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• Writers of novels live in a strange world where what's made up is as important as what's real.

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  Real, Writing, Important

  Sara Sheridan (2015). “The Mirabelle Bevan Mystery Collection: Brighton Belle, London Calling and England Expects”, p.367, Birlinn

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• A word out of place or an interesting choice of vocabulary can spawn a whole character.

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  Character, Vocabulary, Interesting

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• I've always had a keen sense of history. My father was an antiques dealer and he used to bring home boxes full of treasures, and each item always had a tale attached.

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  Father, Home, Treasure

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• Writing about the 1950s has given me tremendous respect for my mother's generation.

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  Mother, Writing, Generations

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• At the end of the day, that's what a family is - a group of different people who accept each other.

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  People, The End Of The Day, Groups

  "How my niece ended up signing copies of my book" by Sara Sheridan, www.theguardian.com. April 5, 2011.

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• The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout.

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  Sky, Black, Crystals

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• I'm not sure how much easier it is for a mother to balance her life now - have we simply swapped one set of restrictions for another?

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  Mother, Balance, Easier

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• If we don't value the people who inspire us (and money is one mark of that) then what kind of culture are we building?

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  People, Inspire, Culture

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