Sara Sheridan > Quotes

“There is something particularly fascinating about seeing places you know in a piece of art - be that in a film, or a photograph, or a painting.”
― Sara Sheridan

“To me, reading through old letters and journals is like treasure hunting. Somewhere in those faded, handwritten lines there is a story that has been packed away in a dusty old box for years.”
― Sara Sheridan

“They should be taking bonuses from bankers, not library books from schoolchildren. What kind of society are we building?”
― Sara Sheridan

“I thought of myself mixing the fragrance of a certain day – the heavy musk of the hillside after the rain with the lightness of fresh blossoms doused in the downpour. I thought of each little bottle as the essence of a happy day or a sad one. I mixed the scent of a lonely moment – sandalwood and bergamot lingering over a rich, peppery base.”
― Sara Sheridan, The Secret Mandarin

“Like most little girls, I found the lure of grown-up accessories astonishing - lipstick, perfume, hats and gloves. When I write female characters in my historical novels, getting these details right is vital.”
― Sara Sheridan

“Kissing her is like drinking salted water, he thinks. His thirst only increases.”
― Sara Sheridan, Secret of the Sands

“An aunt is a safe haven for a child. Someone who will keep your secrets and is always on your side.”
― Sara Sheridan

“Our archives are treasure troves - a testament to many lives lived and the complexity of the way we move forward. They contain clues to the real concerns of day-to-day life that bring the past alive.”
― Sara Sheridan

“I'm accustomed to reading Georgian and Victorian letters and sometimes you simply know in your gut that a blithe sentence is covering up a deeper emotion.”
― Sara Sheridan

“I had never really understood what an adventure life could be, if you followed your heart and did what you really wanted to do, which is what we must all do in the end.”
― Sara Sheridan, Truth Or Dare

“The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout.”
― Sara Sheridan, Brighton Belle

“In a heartbeat, he understands why religions are born on the sands – there is nothing here for a man but his own mind.”
― Sara Sheridan

“I pride myself on making my own decisions, sir," she said. "I do not welcome gentlemen making them for me.”
― Sara Sheridan, On Starlit Seas

“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

“I've always been attracted to stories about rebels - things that are unusual and sometimes dangerous.”
― Sara Sheridan

“The devil was always in the detail. And here the detail was certainly devilish.”
― Sara Sheridan, Brighton Belle

“Books exist for me not as physical entities with pages and binding, but in the province of my mind.”
― Sara Sheridan

“While I'm frustrated at the amount I'm expected to take on in the present, the 1950s woman was frustrated by being excluded - not being allowed to take things on at all.”
― Sara Sheridan

“The lively oral storytelling scene in Scots and Gaelic spills over into the majority English-speaking culture, imbuing it with a strong sense of narrative drive that is essential to the modern novel, screenplay and even non-fiction.”
― Sara Sheridan

“I had loved poetry and the theatre. Now I loved adventure more.”
― Sara Sheridan, The Secret Mandarin

“I can't bear literary snobbery.”
― Sara Sheridan

“The moon was low but not full. The men set out along the dock in conversation. As they dropped onto the dark beach, Simmons declared, ‘There can be no better place in the world than this.’

Henderson had to agree. The beach was beautiful. The stars lit the sand and balmy air rode in as the waves washed up on paradise”
― Sara Sheridan, On Starlit Seas

“I like you in green,’ he said. ‘You look as if you’re a very beautiful imp.’
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― Sara Sheridan, British Bulldog

“The jungle is alive. It’s dangerous as a living nightmare and brimful of hostility.”
― Sara Sheridan, On Starlit Seas

“Such a night cannot be shaken from a woman’s memory. Such a night changes your life forever.”
― Sara Sheridan, The Secret Mandarin

“She enjoyed the sights and sounds of the dockside – ports were places of freedom.”
― Sara Sheridan, On Starlit Seas

“I believe the era of the militant lady is back.”
― Sara Sheridan

“Today women have the rights and equality our Victorian sisters could only dream of, and with those privileges comes the responsibility of standing up and being counted.”
― Sara Sheridan

“I don't choose between my house phone and my mobile. I don't choose between my laptop and my notebook. And I don't intend to choose between my e-reader and my bookshelf.”
― Sara Sheridan

“I care about a lot of issues. I care about libraries, I care about healthcare, I care about homelessness and unemployment. I care about net neutrality and the steady erosion of our liberties both online and off. I care about the rich/poor divide and the rise of corporate business.”
― Sara Sheridan