I know there are people who don't read fiction at all, and I find it hard to understand how they can bear to be inside the same head all the time.
Diane SetterfieldI've nothing against people who love truth. Apart from the fact that they make dull companions.
Diane SetterfieldThere is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner. Wind themselves around your limbs like spider silk, and when you are so enthralled you cannot move, they pierce your skin, enter your blood, numb your thoughts. Inside you they work their magic.
Diane Setterfield