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101 " Mirabelle always ate her lunch on Brighton beach if the weather was in any way passable, but out of sheer principle she never paid tuppence for a chair. We did not win the war to have to pay to sit down, she frequently found herself thinking. "
― Sara Sheridan , Brighton Belle (Mirabelle Bevan Mystery #1)
102 " There were so many wrongs piling up on both sides, so much of the past being dragged into the present, that living there was like carving the story of your life on to a sepulchral monument. "
― Sara Sheridan , Truth Or Dare
103 " Without archives many stories of real people would be lost, and along with those stories, vital clues that allow us to reflect and interpret our lives today. "
― Sara Sheridan
104 " My fascination with history is as much about the present as it is about the past. "
105 " The question shouldn't be, 'Are we guilty about our Colonial past?' it should be, 'Why aren't we more guilty about our corporate present? "
106 " He cannot think. He can scarcely breathe. But he has no desire to either, he simply wants to keep kissing her. "
― Sara Sheridan , Secret of the Sands
107 " When you want something badly enough it’s amazing what you’ll ignore. "
― Sara Sheridan , The Pleasure Express
108 " Wellsted will remember this moment for the rest of his life. It is the first time he desires something for himself that is not dedicated to his own advancement. It is the moment he falls in love. "
― Sara Sheridan , London Calling
109 " The scraps of information she’d gathered knocked against each other, like balls in a pinball machine in one of the arcades on the front. Secrets drew her in every time – the unsaid. "
― Sara Sheridan , Operation Goodwood (Mirabelle Bevan Mystery #5)
110 " Covert operations relied on the unguarded slip, the unconscious choosing of one word over another. "
― Sara Sheridan , British Bulldog (Mirabelle Bevan Mystery, #4)
111 " The good thing about the aristocracy – German or English – was that they were easily traced, Mirabelle thought. "
112 " This investigation felt difficult, like driving in fog. "
113 " Mirabelle was always an enigma, and he had the sense that if he pushed her, she’d bolt. "
114 " Writing is a profession that has no real career structure and your best advice when you hit a difficulty is probably going to come from another writer one or two rungs on the career ladder ahead of you. "
115 " If you tempted a poor man with a fortune, who could blame the fellow for taking what he could? "
― Sara Sheridan , The Secret Mandarin
116 " Writers have a well-deserved reputation for being eccentric. Everything you've heard is true. "
117 " There are as many different kinds of books as there are writers - as many different responses as there are readers. "
118 " Everyone assumes writers spend their time lounging around, writing and occasionally striking a pose whilst having a think. "
119 " Being able to read well in public and talk about your work in an engaging fashion is part of most writers' job specification. "
120 " I hope that, whatever happens within the publishing industry, because of the increased control writers have of their own careers, better sales information and the advent of the internet, that ultimately this change in our working environment will be a change for the better. "