Kate Riordan > Quotes

“The real ghosts are the ones that take up residence in your mind,”
― Kate Riordan, The Girl in the Photograph

“do not need to meet a person to form an opinion. Often a name is more than enough.”
― Kate Riordan, Sanditon

“It is infinitely better to be loved, than to love. Especially in a marriage. After all, to love someone is to be held captive.”
― Kate Riordan, Sanditon

“Divorce is not just what happens when you grow to dislike your husband or wife. It’s as much about no longer wanting to spend time with the version of yourself that comes out when you’re with them.”
― Kate Riordan, The Heatwave

“Oh, reading! There is something singularly unattractive about a woman reading a book, I always think. Hunched and squinting in a corner while everyone else is being sociable and amusing. And, of course, it ruins the posture and the eyesight.”
― Kate Riordan, The Shadow Hour

“He wrote as though they were wayward children, who needed only to be brushed and beribboned to forget their melancholia or ignore the voices in their minds.”
― Kate Riordan, The Girl in the Photograph

“I hope you find happiness in heaven, because this earth has become a living hell
Esther Denham”
― Kate Riordan, Sanditon

“Console yourselves. I found dying highly disagreeable. I have no intention of repeating the experience.
- Lady Denham”
― Kate Riordan, Sanditon

“Everything we do in this house is with the other in mind, like lovers or deadly foes. I don’t think there’s much difference sometimes.”
― Kate Riordan, The Heatwave

“new mistress,”
― Kate Riordan, Fiercombe Manor

“The place feels like an old lover I shouldn't trust, trying to win me over again.”
― Kate Riordan, The Heatwave

“You'll understand when you're older, Emma, that just because things don't work out in the end doesn't mean they were wrong to begin with.”
― Kate Riordan, The Heatwave