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"I was asked the other day in which era I would choose to live. As a historical novelist, it comes up sometimes. As a woman I'd have to say I'd like to live in the future - I want to see where these centuries of change are leading us."
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"I think the future deserves our faith. But it is hard to argue with Emily Dickinson."
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"Is it possible to have memories from the future? Yes, it is! Just dream about the future and these dreams will take their places on your memories, they will be your memories from the future!"
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"General..behold the future of weaponry.""What the hell I am seeing here, Colonel?""It's..technologart of ancient weaponry, Sir!""It's..what?"
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"I'm about to sing the song for the future."
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"Sometimes the 'day' you're dreaming for never comes. Take control of your future and start now."
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"The cynical part of the answer is that I expect to see a good deal more space opera, set far enough in the future as to be disconnected from contemporary issues."
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"The future came and went in the mildly discouraging way that futures do."
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"We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future."
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"What you believe your future holds for you impacts your attitude, decisions and success."
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"The future is the worst thing about the present."
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"I love stories that suck you in, that you can't stop reading because you are quite simply there."
Literature
"Scotland consistently produces world-class writers."
Writing
"I am more one for the story, I think, than the action."
Storytelling
"I've been obsessed with stories since I was a kid so it's no surprise that I ended up writing for a living."
Creativity
"If there's one shade a woman of colour can't wear it's got to be the one everyone expects, hasn't it?"
Culture
"There was something about Maria Graham that you could believe in " a slice of home. If not unique in her travelling, she was at least extraordinary."
Character
"What was it that marked me as a woman and was I prepared to let it go?"
Identity
"The best historical stories capture the modern imagination because they are, in many senses, still current - part of a continuum."
Narrative
"Living in Edinburgh, I consider myself particularly lucky - we have the biggest book festival in the world, a plethora of fascinating libraries and museums, and some of the greatest architecture in Europe."
Culture
"The world is changing and you're only just becoming accustomed to it. You're changing, I suppose. You've changed since I've known you.''How?''You've come more alive."
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