I 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 AtkinsonSylvie's knowledge, like Izzie's, was random yet far-ranging, 'The sign that one has acquired one's learning from reading novels rather than an education.
Kate AtkinsonI feel as if Iām waiting for something dreadful to happen, and then I realize it already has.
Kate AtkinsonFeminism is such an incredibly awkward word for us these days, isnt it? Not to be feminist would be bizarre, wouldnt it?
Kate AtkinsonThe past is a cupboard full of light and all you have to do is find the key that opens the door.
Kate Atkinson