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"There is a road which leads to all roads. The name of that road is adventure!"

"When you are bored of the plains, the secret passages to the mountains suddenly appear out of nowhere before you!"

"I explained I wanted to descend as quickly as possible to camp IV in order to warm myself and gather a supply of hot drink and oxygen in the event I might need to go back up the mountain to assist descending climbers."

"They stared at her curiously, and she caught snatches of conversation in two or three languages. It wasn't hard to guess their content, and she smiled a bit primly. Youth, it appeared, was full of illusions as to how much sexual energy two people might have to spare while hiking forty or so kilometers a day, concussed, stunned, diseased, on poor food and little sleep, alternating caring for a wounded man with avoiding becoming dinner for every carnivore within range - and with a coup to plan for the end."

"Now, tomorrow Miss Laurie McCrae and me, we have an appointment with a sky pilot who will make it proper for us to travel in double harness."
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"In the middle section of the book Mirabelle breaks into not one, but two houses near Belgravia Books. I had fun scoping these out - checking which windows looked least secure and figuring out how to scale the mews houses to the rear to get her inside. A man came out at one point, 'What are you doing?' he questioned me. 'The thing is, I'm writing a book,' I started with a smile. He waved me off, his hand as wide as a tennis racket. 'Everyone is writing a book, my dear,' he said. Between you and I, it's his house that MIrabelle ends up breaking into."


"I believe that being able to communicate directly with readers is a boon. I certainly enjoy it as much as they do."


"I've been obsessed with stories since I was a kid so it's no surprise that I ended up writing for a living."


"The writing talent of Edinburgh is textured - we have poets, novelists, non-fiction writers, dramatists and more."


"Looking at my life through the lens of history has made me increasingly grateful to standout women who pushed those boundaries to make the changes from which I have benefited."


"Parisians were not easy to engage in conversation. Perhaps that was why the Resistance had been so successful."
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