Hindsight’s a wonderful thing. If we all had it there would be no history to write about. — Kate Atkinson
The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories. — Kate Atkinson
If people believed in eternal damnation they might not be seizing the day quite so much. — Kate Atkinson
(although anyone with half a brain must surely be mired in existential gloom all the time) — Kate Atkinson
Most people muddled through events and only in retrospect realized their significance. — Kate Atkinson