Sometimes it was harder to change the past than it was the future.

I've always loved mysteries, the something there that you didn't know, and with 'Case Histories' I just decide to make that more up-front.

The past is what you take with you.

She should have done science, not spent all her time with her head in novels. Novels gave you a completely false idea about life, they told lies and they implied there were endings when in reality there were no endings, everything just went on and on and on.

Most people muddled through events and only in retrospect realized their significance.

What did you do when the worst thing that could happen to you had already happened - how did you live life then? You had to hand it to Theo Wyre, just carrying on living required a strength and courage that most people didn't have.

Alternate history fascinates me, as it fascinates all novelists, because 'What if?' is the big thing.