12 Quotes & Sayings By Natalie Standiford

Natalie Standiford is a novelist and short story writer from the UK, who has been writing since she was a child. She grew up in a small village in the south of England, spending her time reading books by Enid Blyton and Nancy Drew. Her love of reading led her to take a degree in English Literature and a Masters in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University, where she developed her writing skills. Her debut novel "Tallulah" was published in 2014 and was longlisted for the Bookseller's Book of the Year Award Read more

In 2016, she won the Queen's Young Writer's Award for Fictional Writing for "Tallulah".

I didn't want to die. I just found death soothing...
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I didn't want to die. I just found death soothing to think about. Natalie Standiford
No amount of wishing will bring back the dead.
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No amount of wishing will bring back the dead. Natalie Standiford
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If you'd only let me come by myself, none of this would have happened. Having you around makes everything worse.' She buried her head under her pillow. 'Stop it! you're so cold! You're heartless, you little robot! ' The pillow muffled her words, but they still Natalie Standiford
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What else could have happened? Car wouldn't start? House caught on fire? Escaped convict climbed through his bedroom window and tied him with duct tape? Poison eggnog? Or maybe I just didn't matter to him. Natalie Standiford
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She decided that day to study Russian, the language of violence, terror, and absurdity. She knew she would never be bored. Natalie Standiford
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The students adore your father, ' a perfumed woman said to me. 'Aren't you lucky to live with such a charming man! '' He's even more charming at home, ' Mom said. 'Isn't he, Bea? He rides a unicycle through the house -''- even up and down the stairs, ' I added.' He juggles eggs as he makes breakfast every morning -''- which he serves to us in bed of course, ' I said.'- and pulls fragrant bouquets out of his ass, ' Mom finished.' He's just a joy. Natalie Standiford
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I might have been made of metal once, but not anymore. Like Pinocchio, I'd turned into a real girl. So far it sucked. But there was nothing I could do about it. Natalie Standiford
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I think ghostliness is a good quality. I pretend I'm dead all the time." "What?" He stopped rummaging through his locker to look at me full in the face a last." It helps me go to sleep, " I said." That shows you don't know anything about death, " Jonah said." Do you?" I asked. He hesitated before saying "I'm a g-g-g-ghost, aren't I?" "I think being dead might be nice. Restful.""Death is not restful. It's nothing."" That's what seems restful to me, " I said. "The nothing. Not being here. Not being anywhere. Natalie Standiford
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But why? Why do you care about our class’s history?" " I just do. Besides, I need something to put on my art-school applications besides ’Locks self in room and draws all day.’ Even art schools won’t take a psychopath. Natalie Standiford
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Laura, this isn't love. Love lets you go on a trip without following you. Love can live without you for a week, knowing you'll come back.'' No, it can't.' The afternoon shadows grew long and cold. In spite of the chill, a heat rose up inside her and flooded her face. 'That's how you know it's true love. When he can't live without you.' Karen shook her head. 'That's how you know it's obsession. Or something else. Natalie Standiford