Katie Fforde > Quotes

“Laura read a lot. She lived alone in a tiny bedsit and her television was so small and snowy she didn"t watch it much. But she read all the time: at bedtime, while she ate, while she cooked, while she dressed and while she brushed her teeth. She would have read in the shower if she could have worked out a method that wouldn"t completely ruin the book. In the same way she could read anywhere, she could read anything, and if it was good, enjoy it.”
― Katie Fforde, Love Letters

“She much preferred to be safely on the outside of life, watching, than deeply involved.”
― Katie Fforde, Love Letters

“I created the Katie Fforde Bursary because I was a "nearly there" writer for a long time. I found it a bit of a struggle to pay my annual subscription to the Romantic Novelists' Association so when I finally became published, I wanted to give something back. That's the bursary, a year's subscription and a place at the conference. It does seem to give people a valuable boost to their confidence. People can find out more about the Romantic Novelists' Association at www.rna-uk.org”
― Katie Fforde

“My best advice for aspiring writers is to read a lot and write. Don't worry if you don't get your first, fifth or tenth novel published, if you keep going you'll make it. Also read "how to write" books as they may make the process a bit quicker.”
― Katie Fforde

“But the trouble with falling in love was that it was involuntary, no matter how well you knew it was a bad idea, if it was going to happen, it happened, and you couldn't prevent it, however much you wanted to.”
― Katie Fforde, Practically Perfect

“What I like most about the stories I write is exploring other lives and professions. It's a way of having all the jobs I can't have now. I can also give myself skills I don't have.”
― Katie Fforde

“Don’t cry over anything that can’t cry over you.”
― Katie Fforde, Second Thyme Around

“Never trouble trouble, till trouble troubles you,”
― Katie Fforde, Second Thyme Around

“But you're worth crying over. So i've decided you're staying here with me all night - or at least until I've given you twenty-seven orgasms.' Gina found herself a bit breathless. 'Twenty-seven? That's a very specific number.' 'I'm a very specific sort of man. Now each up.”
― Katie Fforde, A French Affair

“flesh. At first he seemed quite ordinary looking. Not particularly tall, pale, dark hair, a shadow of stubble, but when Emily forced herself to look into his eyes – and she felt she had to – she was startled by their brightness. They saw, she was certain, absolutely everything. It made him terrifying. He picked up some parsley between finger and thumb and grunted. Then he moved on and she went back to her work. She sighed with relief. When she’d finished picking the parsley over she would wash it, making sure not even an atom-sized speck of grit remained. Then she’d dry it and put it in the walk-in fridge. When not a drop of moisture remained she would chop it so there was a small”
― Katie Fforde, The Undercover Cook

“to get in on both sides, and there’s space for a”
― Katie Fforde, The Perfect Match

“...the most important things in life is being able to face yourself when you go to bed at night. Have you done the right thing? Were you kind? Thoughtful?”
― Katie Fforde, From London With Love

“I wouldn't accept your help if I was blind and needed guidance across a six-lane highway. Now please go away!”
― Katie Fforde

“Emily wasn’t used to having her knitting skills questioned.”
― Katie Fforde, A Summer at Sea

“The trouble was, when you’re in love with someone they are in the forefront of your mind the whole time and there isn’t a whole lot you can do about it. It kind of defines being in love.”
― Katie Fforde, A Perfect Proposal

“No, I pay the newsagent. And for someone so pernickety about whose business is whose, you’re asking a lot of very personal questions.”
― Katie Fforde, Living Dangerously

“Then she made herself a hot-water bottle, for company as much as warmth, and went slowly up to bed.”
― Katie Fforde, A Country Escape

“success”
― Katie Fforde, Restoring Grace

“She tried to sound casual and upbeat but in her heart she felt a sudden bleakness.”
― Katie Fforde, A Summer at Sea

“An Arundel Tomb”,”
― Katie Fforde, A Secret Garden

“Emily felt churlish for being disappointed.”
― Katie Fforde, A Summer at Sea