"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."
— Kate Atkinson (Case Histories: A Novel)

"They said love made you strong, but in Louise's opinion it made you weak. It corkscrewed into your heart and you couldn't get it out again, not without ripping your heart to pieces."
— Kate Atkinson (One Good Turn (Wheeler Hardcover))

"Oh, God. What was happening to her, she was turning into a normal person."
— Kate Atkinson (When Will There Be Good News?: A Novel)