Joyce

“You couldn’t love someone the way he had loved her and then be turned off them in five minutes by nothing more than lies and daydreams. Could you? Could you?”
― Ruth Rendell

“Some say life is the thing, but I prefer reading.”
― Ruth Rendell, A Judgement in Stone

“I really do literally put myself into a character's shoes.”
― Ruth Rendell

“People are different in reality from the way you've seen them while making scenarios in your mind. For one thing, they're less consistent. They surprise you all the time.”
― Ruth Rendell, The Water's Lovely