Kate Storey > Quotes

“We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.”
― Kate Storey, The Memory Library

“Virginia Woolf says that a woman needs money and a room of her own if she wants to write fiction,’ Ella said. ‘Write fiction?’ ‘You could substitute painting for fiction,’ Ella said. ‘It’s the same sentiment. Virginia Woolf was saying male and female creative experiences are worlds apart. A man can just get on with it because he probably earns money of his own and has a woman behind him doing all the practical life stuff, like cooking and bringing up the children. A woman in her day couldn’t hope to write a book unless she had independent money and a room of her own. And things haven’t changed as much as we’d like.”
― Kate Storey, The Memory Library

“Albert Einstein believed that someone who had never made a mistake was someone who had never tried anything new,”
― Kate Storey, The Memory Library

“Life’s too short to read books you don’t enjoy”
― Kate Storey, The Memory Library

“Quirky is good. At least you’re not boring.’ She hadn’t been included in the list, and the exclusion hurt, even though she wasn’t sure she wanted to be quirky. ‘At least you and Paz pass as normal.”
― Kate Storey, The Forgotten Book Club

“the right decisions. That keeps us safe. ‘When we realise they’re actually human, it’s a bit of a blow, because then we know they can’t always protect us. We have to reframe our world view. I don’t think many of us choose to do that. We prefer to keep them as saviour figures. It’s why we cry for our mothers when we are in the worst situations, because they can protect us from anything. Heartbreaking, really, when you think about it.’ He gave a bouncy shrug. ‘That’s my theory, anyway.’ As”
― Kate Storey, The Memory Library

“That’s why I love book club,’ said Annie. ‘Even though there’s only a few of us left, it still makes me feel less alone. Novels do that for me too. When I read something that I recognize, even if it’s not the full story, it could be a line, you know, or a phrase that touches something inside me and it makes me feel seen and understood. That takes some of the loneliness away, you know?”
― Kate Storey, The Forgotten Book Club

“responsibility? Should we be persuaded by people we respect, or should we only take our own counsel?”
― Kate Storey, The Memory Library

“ringing her at”
― Kate Storey, The Memory Library

“If we accepted our parents were individuals in their own right, like we are, then we would have to accept we are not the centre of their world. They are. And we’d know they’re fallible, and that wouldn’t work for us, when we’re kids at least, would it? Parents have got to be right all the time. They have to be in charge and make all the right decisions. That keeps us safe.”
― Kate Storey, The Memory Library

“Nobody told you that having any kind of family meant never being sure if you were doing the right thing.”
― Kate Storey, The Memory Library

“I think everyone should have a library that’s been made for them specially, with lovely words about why a particular book was chosen – it would be a hell of a lot more meaningful than a card.”
― Kate Storey, The Memory Library

“Comparison is the thief of joy.”
― Kate Storey, The Memory Library

“Back then, if she was Queen of the World, she’d let everyone read books all day long if they wanted.”
― Kate Storey, The Memory Library

“once read that whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.’ He smiled sadly. ‘I’ve read a lot of good books, so my world has always been full of light.”
― Kate Storey, The Memory Library

“I once read that whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.’ He smiled sadly. ‘I’ve read a lot of good books, so my world has always been full of light.”
― Kate Storey, The Memory Library

“We’re all more than one thing, aren’t we? Just because we are living a certain life now, doesn’t erase all the things that have happened to us before.”
― Kate Storey, The Forgotten Book Club

“the real world isn’t some kind of fairy tale. People aren’t all on some redemption arc. They turn out to be different to who you thought they were, and they let you down. Even the ones you love the most.”
― Kate Storey, The Memory Library

“Pride is one of the seven deadly sins; but it cannot be the pride of a mother in her children, for that is a compound of two cardinal virtues – faith and hope.”
― Kate Storey, The Memory Library

“we accepted our parents were individuals in their own right, like we are, then we would have to accept we are not the centre of their world. They are. And we’d know they’re fallible, and that wouldn’t work for us, when we’re kids at least, would it? Parents have got to be right all the time. They have to be in charge and make”
― Kate Storey, The Memory Library

“I think everyone should have a library that’s been made for them specially, with lovely words about why a particular book was chosen – it would be a hell of a lot more meaningful than a card. Anyone who’s survived another year on this earth deserves a few hundred pages and a dedication.”
― Kate Storey, The Memory Library

“I once read that whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.”
― Kate Storey, The Memory Library

“We all make mistakes, dear, so just put it behind you. We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.”
― Kate Storey, The Memory Library

“the women are the ones who have to be the Labradors and St Bernards because we are the support system for the family. We learn from an early age that mothers look after everyone, and men learn that women look after them. We don’t have the freedom to bounce around like spaniels because someone has to carry the heavy barrel of brandy around their bloody neck to make sure everyone else survives. We can be as feminist as we like but the patriarchy has worked its way into our brains before we take our first steps.”
― Kate Storey, The Forgotten Book Club

“Under some delusional sense of not being like her mother, Ella had denied herself one of life’s most simple pleasures: living multiple lives through someone else’s words.”
― Kate Storey, The Memory Library

“Comparison is the thief of joy. That’s what they say, isn’t it?”
― Kate Storey, The Memory Library

“since she had said something was ‘so’ someone? Too long. Being an introvert was never a problem when Frank was alive. When”
― Kate Storey, The Forgotten Book Club

“Being a part of two cultures definitely has its benefits, but it can mean you don’t always feel you fully belong to either.”
― Kate Storey, The Forgotten Book Club

“How much does where we are in life when we read a book affect our interpretation of it? Teenage Grace saw Eustacia as inspirational and was willing to overlook her flaws, or at least forgive them. She suspected that if she reread the novel now, she”
― Kate Storey, The Forgotten Book Club

“She was ashamed that she hadn’t considered his needs. She’d been too busy feeling pious about how hard she worked.”
― Kate Storey, The Memory Library