I feel as if Iām waiting for something dreadful to happen, and then I realize it already has.
Kate AtkinsonWhatever happens to you, embrace it, the good and the bad equally. Death is just one more thing to be embraced.
Kate AtkinsonI can't help but think that it's an unfortunate custom to name children after people who come to sticky ends. Even if they are fictional characters, it doesn't bode well for the poor things. There are too many Judes and Tesses and Clarissas and Cordelias around. If we must name our children after literary figures then we should search out happy ones, although it's true they are much harder to find.
Kate Atkinson