Behind the Scenes at the Museum Quotes

“In the end, it is my belief, words are the only things that can construct a world that makes sense.”
― Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scenes at the Museum

“I have been to the world's end and back and now I know what I would put in my bottom drawer .I would put my sisters. ”
― Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scenes at the Museum

“Sometimes I would like to cry. I close my eyes. Why weren't we designed so that we can close our ears as well? (Perhaps because we would never open them.) Is there some way that I could accelerate my evolution and develop earlids?”
― Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scenes at the Museum

“Patricia embraces me on the station platform. 'The past is what you leave behind in life, Ruby,' she says with the smile of a reincarnated lama. 'Nonsense, Patricia,' I tell her as I climb on board my train. 'The past's what you take with you.”
― Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scenes at the Museum

“As I watch, the sky fills with clouds of snow feathers from every kind of bird there ever was and even some that only exist in the imagination, like the bluebirds that fly over the rainbow.”
― Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scenes at the Museum

“Slattern! What a wonderful new word. 'Slattern,' I murmur appreciatively to Patricia.
'Yes, slattern,' Bunty says firmly. 'That's what she is.'
'Not a slut like you then?' Patricia says very quietly. Loud enough to be heard, but too quiet to be believed.”
― Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scenes at the Museum

“Get down,' Bunty says grimly. 'Mummy's thinking.' (Although what Mummy's actually doing is wondering what it would be like if her entire family was wiped out and she could start again.)”
― Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scenes at the Museum

“But I know nothing; my future is a wide-open vista, leading to an unknown country - The Rest Of My Life.”
― Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scenes at the Museum

“The past is a cupboard full of light and all you have to do is find the key that opens the door.”
― Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scenes at the Museum

“The past is what you take with you.”
― Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scenes at the Museum

“I am a jewel. I am a drop of blood. I am Ruby Lennox!”
― Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scenes at the Museum