More quotes by Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale

"There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner. Wind themselves around your limbs like spider silk, and when you are so enthralled you cannot move, they pierce your skin, enter your blood, numb your thoughts. Inside you they work their magic."
"I've nothing against people who love truth. Apart from the fact that they make dull companions."
"When I was a child, books were everything. And so there is in me, always, a nostalgic, yearning for the lost pleasure of books. It is not a yearning that one ever expects to be fulfilled."
"There are too many books in the world to read in a single lifetime; you have to draw the line somewhere."
"Of course I loved books more than people."