3 Quotes & Sayings By Kate Furnivall

Kate Furnivall is a British novelist, scriptwriter and film-maker. She was born in London and spent her childhood in the Cotswolds. After studying English at Exeter University she worked as a journalist in London before becoming a full-time writer. She was shortlisted for the 2005 Orange Prize for her novel 'The Chalk Man'.

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She always paid attention to fingers rather than faces because they told so much more. People remembered to guard their faces. They forgot their hands. Her own were small, though strong and supple from all the hours of piano playing, but what use was that now? For the first time she understood what real danger does to the human mind, as flat white fear froze the coils of her brain. Kate Furnivall
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I'd rather have your lifeblood tainted than spilled on a forest floor.' He said no more, just held her. 'I'm not worth it, ' she whispered at last.' Who says so?'' I do.'' Then you don't know what love is. Kate Furnivall