Sarah Caudwell quotes

The trouble with real life is that you don't know whether you're the hero or just some nice chap who gets bumped off in chapter five to show what a rotter the villain is without anyone minding too much. (Sarah Caudwell)
... it seems to us that the readers who want fiction to be like life are considerably outnumbered by those who would like life to be like fiction. View quote
Sarah Caudwell