Sara Sheridan Quotes - Page 2

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• I had loved poetry and the theatre. Now I loved adventure more.

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  Adventure, Theatre

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• History is full of blank spaces, but good stories, invariably, are not.

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  Space, Stories, Blank

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• Books exist for me not as physical entities with pages and binding, but in the province of my mind.

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  Book, Mind, Pages

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• An Aunt is a safe haven for a child. Someone who will keep your secrets and is always on your side.

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  Children, Safe Haven, Aunt

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

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• To me, reading through old letters and journals is like treasure hunting. Somewhere in those faded, handwritten lines there is a story that has been packed away in a dusty old box for years.

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  Reading, Hunting, Years

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• While I'm frustrated at the amount I'm expected to take on in the present, the 1950s woman was frustrated by being excluded - not being allowed to take things on at all.

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  Frustrated, Expected, Excluded

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• I didn't expect to love being online as much as I do. I've met some wonderful people and discovered that however arcane some of my interests that there are people out there who are interested too.

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  Love Is, People, Wonderful

  "Why writers must embrace social media, no matter the genre" by Sara Sheridan, www.theguardian.com. April 14, 2011.

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• Today women have the rights and equality our Victorian sisters could only dream of, and with those privileges comes the responsibility of standing up and being counted.

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  Dream, Responsibility, Rights

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• People make interesting assumptions about the profession. The writer is a mysterious figure, wandering lonely as a cloud, fired by inspiration, or perhaps a cocktail or two.

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  Lonely, Inspiration, Clouds

  "What Writers Earn: A Cultural Myth" by Sara Sheridan, www.huffingtonpost.co.uk. April 24, 2013.

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• I believe the era of the militant lady is back.

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  Believe, Eras, I Believe

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• For a novelist, the gaps in a story are as intriguing as material that still exists.

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  Novelists, Stories, Gaps

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• There is something particularly fascinating about seeing places you know in a piece of art - be that in a film, or a photograph or painting.

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  Art, Pieces, Painting

  "Begbie's Victorian Edinburgh collection - it belongs to us all" by Sara Sheridan, www.theguardian.com. May 10, 2011.

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• I care about a lot of issues. I care about libraries, I care about healthcare, I care about homelessness and unemployment. I care about net neutrality and the steady erosion of our liberties both online and off. I care about the rich/poor divide and the rise of corporate business.

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  Erosion, Issues, Liberty

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• Writers are a product of where we come from but by looking at alternatives to the culture in which we live, we can find ways to change and hopefully improve it.

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  Where We Come, Culture, Alternatives

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• Often we don't notice the stringent rules to which our culture subjects us.

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  Culture, Subjects

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• I've found myself moved by letters and diaries in archives as well as trashy, summer blockbusters. It's possible to make a connection with any kind of writing - as long as the writing is good.

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  Summer, Writing, Long

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• My father could talk about the Romany way of life and its culture. He could talk about freedom and the Scottish spirit. But that was all he could talk about. I was desperate for someone to talk to but there was just nobody there.

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  Father, Culture, Way

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• Like most little girls, I found the lure of grown-up accessories astonishing - lipstick, perfume, hats and gloves. When I write female characters in my historical novels, getting these details right is vital.

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  Girl, Writing, Character

  "Historic Edinburgh fashion at the City Art Centre" by Sara Sheridan, www.theguardian.com. May 5, 2011.

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• Very often the characters people respond to best have little parts of reality they can relate to.

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  Character, Reality, People

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• I'm a library user and I just don't hoard books. To me, they're for sharing.

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  Book, Library, Users

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• It may take a village to raise a baby, but hell! it takes an army to produce a book.

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  Baby, Book, Army

  Sara Sheridan (2016). “Brighton Belle”, p.247, Kensington

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• Scotland consistently produces world-class writers.

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  Class, Scotland, World

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• Those who have not been stung will hardly fear a bee the same as those who have.

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  Bees

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• History at its best is a gritty, dirty business.

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  Dirty, Dirty Business

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• Scotland just isn't terribly Tory.

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  Scotland

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