A flock of small birds took off...

A flock of small birds took off from the wall of the fort. They moved like a length of dark silk caught by the breeze as they headed out to sea. Behind them, the sky was the colour of forget-me-nots. The sun blazed.

- Sara Sheridan

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In a heartbeat, he understands why religions are born on the sands – there is nothing here for a man but his own mind.

- Sara Sheridan

When you fake emotion for a living, when you make your money providing fantasies for other people, tuning into their worlds and indulging them, you don’t invite someone into your world very easily.

- Sara Sheridan

I am more one for the story, I think, than the action.

- Sara Sheridan

It was clearly a lot more difficult in the field than in the office, where you could keep your distance and maintain a calculated composure. Being faced with real people was a far tougher call on one’s judgement.

- Sara Sheridan

Writers of novels live in a strange world where what's made up is as important as what's real.

- Sara Sheridan

I'm a novelist by trade and my job is to write a story rather than reconstruct actual events.

- Sara Sheridan

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