Kate Morton quote: "I sound contemptuous, but I am not. I am interested--intrigued even--by the way time erases real lives, leaving only vague imprints. Blood and spirit fade away so that only names and dates remain."

In retrospect, it seems like everything in my life led to me becoming a writer. I just didn't re...
KATE MORTON

People might think writing is a hard business, but it's nowhere near acting.
KATE MORTON

I simply love writing good stories, that's my passion.
KATE MORTON

I write what I'd like to read and just hope that, along the way, others might like to read them,...
KATE MORTON

I'd pretty much given up hope of being published, so I just wrote the book I wanted to read.
KATE MORTON

There's a market for mysteries for adults. That feeling of opening a book and delving inside and...
KATE MORTON

I love the structural part of the writing process.
KATE MORTON

Some say I'm an overnight success. Well, that was a very long night that lasted about 10 years. ...
KATE MORTON

It was such a pleasure to sink one's hands into the warm earth, to feel at one's fingertips the poss...
KATE MORTON

It is a cruel, ironical art, photography. The dragging of captured moments into the future; moments ...
KATE MORTON

Eliza had a skill for rat catching, though she didn't like to do it. The rats were just trying to st...
KATE MORTON

The girl in the mirror caught my eye briefly...It is an uncanny feeling, that rare occasion when one...
KATE MORTON

I don’t have many friends, not the living, breathing sort at any rate. And I don’t mean that in ...
KATE MORTON

A silver hairbrush, old and surely precious, with a little leopard's head for London stamped near th...
KATE MORTON

They were young; time hadn't yet rubbed at them, polishing their differences and sharpening their op...
KATE MORTON

He had the vague sense of standing on a threshold, the crossing of which would change everything.
KATE MORTON

Girls in Victorian London were employed in all manner of menial positions- domestic servants, fruit ...
KATE MORTON

Even the most pragmatic person fell victim at times to a longing for something other.
KATE MORTON

She'd slept terribly the night before. The room, the bed, were both comfortable enough, but she'd be...
KATE MORTON

A girl expecting rescue never learns to save herself. Even with the means, she will find her courage...
KATE MORTON

Had any poet adequately described the wretched ugliness of a loved one turned inside out with grief?
KATE MORTON

His words had tossed the book that was her life into the air and the pages had been blown into disar...
KATE MORTON

Wars make history seem deceptively simple. They provide clear turning points, easy distinctions.: be...
KATE MORTON

Eliza had split each day between her two favorite places on the estate: the black rock down in the c...
KATE MORTON

Impending war was evidenced by the faraway expression in the older villagers' eyes, the shadows on t...
KATE MORTON

As the boat drew nearer to shore, and tiny dots in the distance became seagulls, she opened the book...
KATE MORTON

Beneath the notebook she found the book of fairy tales. The cover was green cardboard, the writing g...
KATE MORTON

With a glance back towards the house, he pulled the secret sketches from within. He'd been working a...
KATE MORTON

Apart from such visits, for the first time in her life Eliza was truly alone. In the beginning, unfa...
KATE MORTON

Mother didn't understand that children aren't frightened by stories; that their lives are full of fa...
KATE MORTON

She sat on the little iron garden seat in the clearing at the top and looked down at the strange gar...
KATE MORTON

Then he led her to sit by him on a fallen gum trunk, smooth and white, and he leaned to whisper in h...
KATE MORTON

History in the storyteller's hand was a potent force indeed,....
KATE MORTON

Everyone wants to look their best, everyone has dreams of wanting to look like something else. But w...
SAMANTHA MORTON

I'll never get a part in a huge action blockbuster.
SAMANTHA MORTON

I am proud of what I've done.
SAMANTHA MORTON

I was physically abused and I retaliated.
SAMANTHA MORTON

I'm an actor. That's what I'm gifted at. It's what makes me breathe.
SAMANTHA MORTON

My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society.
SAMANTHA MORTON

I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film...
SAMANTHA MORTON

To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.
SAMANTHA MORTON

Some directors cast you because they trust you to do the performance - but then they forget to direc...
SAMANTHA MORTON

The truth is I had lots of rehab and now I have a clean bill of health.
SAMANTHA MORTON

I hate the analyzing thing. People say, 'Why do you think your character did that? I don't k...
SAMANTHA MORTON

Most of my life, I've been on a film set. There isn't anything to learn, not learn, unlearn....
SAMANTHA MORTON

Catholicism played such a huge part in my life, I would not have survived without my faith.
SAMANTHA MORTON

For anyone who's been in care, successfully coming through the system is nothing to with money o...
SAMANTHA MORTON

I want to prove that you don't have to come from Oxford University or Rada - and you don't h...
SAMANTHA MORTON

I think anybody who has been abused as a kid - and I was abused as a kid, by various people - will s...
SAMANTHA MORTON

It's fantastic to strive towards a nice life where you eat nice organic food and your children g...
SAMANTHA MORTON

I have worked very hard on being aware of my childhood but moving forward and not letting it bring m...
SAMANTHA MORTON

We're all living blinkered lives, and we're not seeing what's going on and looking to ch...
SAMANTHA MORTON

You get very possessive about characters, you feel you can see it in your mind and you want to play ...
SAMANTHA MORTON

When you've been raised in care, rap music isn't just about guns and sexism. They're tal...
SAMANTHA MORTON

I will check the internet for at least an hour every morning scanning worldwide news to do with chil...
SAMANTHA MORTON

I was angry but not at God. I feel that you are closer to God when you are messed up. Definitely. Th...
SAMANTHA MORTON

What shocks me is that so many people leave care and become homeless, and when you're homeless y...
SAMANTHA MORTON

I like to stretch my acting muscles.
SAMANTHA MORTON

It's not a special taste. An American composer should have something to say to a cab driver.
MORTON GOULD

When I founded the first Hard Rock, no one was serving American food in London; McDonald's wasn&...
PETER MORTON

Americans, who make more of marrying for love than any other people, also break up more or their mar...
MORTON HUNT

One disadvantage of being a hog is that at any moment some blundering fool may try to make a silk p...
J.B. MORTON

You've got all these books on self help, getting to know yourself, doing the right thing, eating...
SAMANTHA MORTON

This book was done with her full cooperation. There is nothing underhanded about it,
ANDREW MORTON

probably the scoop of the century.
ANDREW MORTON

Her legacy and testament are the words in her book. I am very proud she chose me to tell her story, ...
ANDREW MORTON

I think it [marrying into the Royal Family] is something Sophie?s mother is quite concerned about. S...
ANDREW MORTON

So the whole thrust of any kind of reportage of the Royal Family, certainly in the tabloids, it may ...
ANDREW MORTON

They defined what was private and what was public and they would move it whenever they wished.
ANDREW MORTON

I would argue that television and particularly the BBC were instrumental in puffing up the Royal Fam...
ANDREW MORTON

Stories about Diana's fashions, about possible rows between Charles and Diana, these were meat and d...
ANDREW MORTON

Members of the Royal Family tend to, and Prince Edward particularly, tend to shade in and out of bei...
ANDREW MORTON

He's a TV producer, a theatrical impresario, and he wants to be treated as Mr. Windsor but when the ...
ANDREW MORTON

South Africa is the only place in the Southern hemisphere where Halloween is really catching on. The...
LISA MORTON

I think people believe that I give ant aura of someone who has both feet on the ground.
JOE MORTON

In Britain, the major public holiday used to be Guy Fawkes Day... that was celebrated on November 5t...
LISA MORTON

One, I had never worked with John Woo before and I wanted to see what that was like, and two, Ben Af...
JOE MORTON

Approbation from Sir Hubert Stanley is praise indeed.
THOMAS MORTON

While we have the utmost respect for coach Willingham, his staff, his players and the university, .....
BOB MORTON

There was miscommunications between us and the officials as far as what the rules were.
BOB MORTON

I look through the team and I can honestly say I can't see a weakness,
BOB MORTON

The chandelier started going and the floor started shaking. Someone yelled get under the table and s...
BOB MORTON

Very similar. Very similar. And that's something I'm actually quite excited about.
BOB MORTON

It wasn't going to be that easy. I saw the referee waving his hands over his head (to stop the clock...
BOB MORTON

If that rascal had tumbled down, it would have been all over,
BOB MORTON

I think we can knock them off their pedestal. I think we can do them but, more importantly, the team...
BOB MORTON

When I was a kid we really enjoyed their visits. They were so open and friendly and generous with th...
BOB MORTON

When you stick a straw in a soda and suck on it, everything goes down.
BOB MORTON

Guys just look at him, and don't know if they should laugh or not.
CHAD MORTON

I'm the guy that gets all the glory, but they're doing the work,
CHAD MORTON

Once he got his, I needed to get mine,
CHAD MORTON

We go over the film and see everything. We have a fine system for each other if players don't do wha...
CHAD MORTON

He's one of the best in the game right now. He hits it so hard and he's a good guy, too. That helps....
CHAD MORTON

He couldn't have done that at a better time,
CHAD MORTON

They're America's team right now.
CHAD MORTON

We can do some good stuff on special teams, but you don't want guys to get complacent and say 'we're...
CHAD MORTON

We talked at halftime about being the first team on opening day to score on a kickoff and punt retur...
CHAD MORTON

That's what we talked about [at halftime]. Let's see if we can make history by being the first team ...
CHAD MORTON

Being a good psychoanalyst, in short, has the same disadvantage as being a good parent: The children...
MORTON HUNT

We used similar methods to those used historically to assess railroads and interstate roads. If you'...
MORTON O'KELLY

Some say I'm an overnight success. Well, that was a very long night that lasted about 10 years.
LISA MORTON

It's as complex a Web site as you'll find. I'm not aware of another site that builds the virtual geo...
MARK MORTON

When that much scientific brainpower is telling you you may have a problem, there's no other choice ...
CRAE MORTON

This is about the sixth year of using the regulations. And we're starting to see some nice bucks.
RICHARD MORTON

They [Fairview Baptist Church] have leased it to us. They don't hold anything in this building anymo...
CHUCK MORTON

I never feel that my music is sparse or minimalist; the way fat people never really think they'r...
MORTON FELDMAN

It was a good win for us. We had some rough moments, but we played hard all the way. We did what it ...
ANGIE MORTON

We saved our best game for the last.
ANGIE MORTON

I'd go nude for about $157000 because that's how much a 1968 Dodge Charger would cost.
ANNIE MORTON

We've seen quite good sales figures from all the UK life insurance stocks. It looks like people are ...
COLIN MORTON

As we prepare to move to our new headquarters, we are continuing our intensive recruitment activitie...
JIM MORTON

Obviously, losing the Tattered Cover is like losing an old friend ... We're saddened to see them mov...
DAVE MORTON

How the game (2nd ODI) was going it was required for someone to stop the flow of wickets that the op...
RUNAKO MORTON

I don't think Gary Black saw himself as a perennial No. 2. I think he took the job hoping to be No. ...
FRANKLIN MORTON

A grand old odalisque should never deign to turn housewife.
FREDERIC MORTON

There's nothing unbridled about it. It is controlled. It's not unfair.
CHUCK MORTON

The most interesting aspect for me, composing exclusively with patterns, is that there is not one or...
MORTON FELDMAN

No one has the Houdini school of composition.
MORTON FELDMAN

He has an innate ability to hit people with the ball. It doesn't matter if he's in one far corner an...
THOMAS MORTON

Push on - keep moving.
THOMAS MORTON

Always ding, dinging Dame Grundy into my ears - What will Mrs Grundy say? What will Mrs Grundy think...
THOMAS MORTON

Push on,--keep moving.
THOMAS MORTON

You might be on the back nine of life, but it's good to finish strong.
MORTON SHAEVITZ

Americans, who make more of marrying for love than any other people, also break up more of their mar...
MORTON HUNT

For me it's the instrument. If I want to think of a flute and the state of the arts I hear a vibrato...
MORTON FELDMAN

I'm not suspicious, I'm just careful.
MORTON FELDMAN

Sovereignty is back on the agenda.
DESMOND MORTON

The human being who would not harm you on an individual, face-to-face basis, who is charitable, civi...
MORTON MINTZ

She's absolutely terrified of him,
ANDREW MORTON

We're doing a 1950s segment in that show, so we'll already have the costumes made.
AMY MORTON

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it cannot be taken away unless it...
MORTON KONDRAKE

Compositionally I always wanted to be like Fred Astaire.
MORTON FELDMAN

Its oak paneling is rectory English; the marble in its bathrooms sometimes outdoes the tombstones of...
FREDERIC MORTON

I've got a lot of stairs in my house! I'm on the sixth floor. I should be fit and have a really nice...
SAMANTHA MORTON

I thrive on constant stimulation artistically, whether it's listening to music, seeing art, or whate...
SAMANTHA MORTON

I have to have the director be my guide - I have to have that relationship with the director or else...
SAMANTHA MORTON

We're planning our marriage next week.
SAMANTHA MORTON

I have a feeling if we don't take care of that, he (Weis) will.
BOB MORTON

We all should be in a foul mood to make sure we get down to earth.
BOB MORTON

We got a lot of rain from the hurricane and started the season off real good, then it moderated and ...
MIKE MORTON

It's an attractive market, which is why there are so many people fighting for market share over ther...
JOHN MORTON

This is in response to fairly weak advertising performance,
JOHN MORTON

I'm sure it's a chapter in the paper's history they're glad to have behind them.
JOHN MORTON

I think it's a logical step, and I think it's necessary.
JOHN MORTON

When Tribune acquired Times Mirror they acquired papers with much lower operating profits than Tribu...
JOHN MORTON

uncomfortable stuff for editors.
JOHN MORTON

There is no limit to the power of loving.
JOHN MORTON

The choice that you, as a Soul, have in relation to anything is always to be loving. Do you understa...
JOHN MORTON

You need to know what's for sale and what isn't. Allowing [ads and editorial content] to get blurred...
JOHN MORTON

If I'm going somewhere I always get on the computer, find a map and print it out. It works beautiful...
MORTON MORRISON

He has most of the dailies that now surround San Francisco proper and this only enlarges his presenc...
JOHN MORTON

You can't argue with 29 percent growth in worldwide new business.
COLIN MORTON

I'm sure Sherman is not going to be a happy camper at 65 bucks, which is the price that's been talke...
JOHN MORTON

In terms of what it's doing to editorial staff, these are not horrible cuts. All three of these pape...
JOHN MORTON

They're like a wisp of smoke. They materialize and leave without notice.
MIKE MORTON

To succeed inside a political party, one must cultivate an ability to sit still and remain polite wh...
MORTON BLACKWELL

I used to think in the good old days, all a newspaper had to do to attract circulation was to put ou...
JOHN MORTON

It's long overdue. I couldn't be more elated. He's getting his long-deserved recognition.
DAVID MORTON

Above all, believe in true love and know that men are like shoes. A couple is like a left and a righ...
CAMILLA MORTON

For a time during the 1980s the Royal Family were not just the most influential family in Britain bu...
ANDREW MORTON

He'd perked the campaign plane or the campaign bus up a whole lot, he'd come out and say, had hey, w...
BRUCE MORTON

He really understands the issues. He's a real Renaissance man.
BRUCE MORTON

For about 30 years, Halloween was taken over by pranksters. By the '30s, pranks were causing cit...
LISA MORTON

He was doing this gonzo journalism, which meant 'it's the way I see it -- and if the facts get in th...
BRUCE MORTON

He's a TV producer, a theatrical impresario, and he wants to be treated as Mr. Windsor but when ...
ANDREW MORTON

He was not a stupid man. He was managed by reasonably clever people who understood his value. But he...
DESMOND MORTON

I thought it was a reflection, not a whole reflection, because films never are. You know workers had...
DESMOND MORTON

There are different factions and backgrounds and points of view in the Conservative coalition.
DESMOND MORTON

The new prescription drug plan is so convoluted. There is no way in the world someone 75 years old o...
DON MORTON

We hope these things will help.
DON MORTON

We'll take as many as we can get.
DON MORTON

I coach classes seven to ten times a year. I think I'm a better driver now than I was 30 years ago. ...
MORTON MORRISON

The intensity numbers, if properly measured, are really important. Preference numbers don't amount t...
MORTON BLACKWELL

I've been living with the minor second all my life and I finally found a way to handle it.
MORTON FELDMAN

Music is essentially built upon primitive memory structures.
MORTON FELDMAN

I was once married to a woman who could eat anything and tell you what was in it: the most complicat...
MORTON FELDMAN

Just what the hell is the experimental tradition?
MORTON FELDMAN

This business about being flung out of paradise is his gift to me. I'm glad I got out; it was gettin...
MORTON FELDMAN

If you think you might have secret information listening to me, you're lost.
MORTON FELDMAN

Since music has never had a Rembrandt, we have remained nothing more than musicians.
MORTON FELDMAN

We're still trying to move forward.
DAVE MORTON

We fought back all year long. They have played that way all season long. I was pleased with the way ...
DAVE MORTON

They are scared. It's understandable. It's not a safe and fun place and a lot of people don't want t...
CRAIG MORTON

I didn't particularly appreciate it. Not being aware of it, I didn't think about it one way or the o...
CRAIG MORTON

I just picked games and didn't even know how it worked. I never thought much about it. But after thr...
CRAIG MORTON

USC says they have unfinished business with us. We're the only team that beat them the last couple o...
CRAIG MORTON

There's no crying in the rank book.
WILLIAM MORTON

We have high winds. When we get these high winds, they'll be official.
CRAE MORTON

Love is a quicksilver word; though you see plainly where it is, you have only to put your finger on ...
MORTON HUNT

This is still under investigation. We only received the crash reports Friday, so we still need to de...
DAVID MORTON

For kids who miss the first breakfast, they have a chance to get it later in the morning, like whene...
DAVID MORTON

We need to keep doing this at the very least, ... At least you're keeping yourself in the ballgame t...
DAVID MORTON

For kids who miss the first breakfast, they have a chance to get

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DAVID MORTON

Then we wanted to get in front of the declining (enrollment).
DAVID MORTON

We started with some givens at the time. For example, one of those was that we didn't want to close ...
DAVID MORTON

His staff is unhappy ... they don't have access to park.
DAVID MORTON

We have people buying it by the fistful, ... The scent that's incorporated within the bars stays in ...
DAVID MORTON

On first glance the yard was piled high with scrap metal, but a closer inspection revealed it to be ...
MANDY MORTON

It's such a large landscape that you really can't describe it as a park.
MIKE MORTON

I sound contemptuous, but I am not. I am interested--intrigued even--by the way time erases real lives, leaving only vague imprints. Blood and spirit fade away so that only names and dates remain.

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I sound contemptuous, but I am not. I am interested--intrigued even--by the way time erases real lives, leaving only vague imprints. Blood and spirit fade away so that only names and dates remain.

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