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Quote by Kate Atkinson
Life is a very orderly thing, but in fiction there is a huge liber

Life is a very orderly thing, but in fiction there is a huge liberation and freedom. I can do what I like. Theres nothing that says I cant write a page of full stops. There is no should involved, although you wouldnt know that from literary reviews and critics. – Kate Atkinson

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The cult of the individual is killing us. I think Twitter signals the death of western civilisation, but people have been saying that since Demosthenes. – Kate Atkinson

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Death
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When Im writing, my neural pathways get blocked. I cant read. I can barely hold a conversation without forgetting words and names. I wish I could wear the same clothes and eat the same food each day. – Kate Atkinson

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Food
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My father was an autodidact. It wasnt a middle-class house. Shopkeepers are aspirant. He paid for me to go to private school. He was denied an education – he had a horrible childhood. He got a place at a grammar school and wasnt allowed to go. – Kate Atkinson

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I love music. Its freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration. – Ice Cube

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To me, music has to be about freedom. Its the most important thing in my life. – Joss Stone

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Not to sound overly cheesy but I really appreciate the freedom we have in America – especially as a female. – Katy Perry

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Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nations heart, the excision of its memory. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry. – Oscar Wilde

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I met an American woman and got married so I had to get a job. – Walter Wager

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Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal. – Arthur C. Clarke

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