The sign of a masterpiece: A painting when there's a lack of resolution. Tracy Chevalier More Quotes by Tracy Chevalier More Quotes From Tracy Chevalier Jane Austen easily used half a page describing someone else's eyes; she would not appreciate summarizing her reading tastes in ten titles. Tracy Chevalier appreciateeyereading I read a lot of fantasy. I adored 'Anne of Green Gables'. But my favourite books as a child were probably Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'Little House' series, about a pioneer family in the mid-19th-century American west. I often thought of them as I was writing 'The Last Runaway'. Tracy Chevalier writingbookchildren As I get older, I use less jewelry - necklace or earrings each morning, not both; my clothes are getting more basic - fewer colours and simpler cuts; and my make-up is stripped back to basics. Tracy Chevalier clothescuttingmorning That's how fossil hunting is: It takes over, like a hunger, and nothing else matters but what you find. And even when you find it, you still start looking again the next minute, because there might be something even better waiting. Tracy Chevalier huntingwaitingmight Say something worth the words. Tracy Chevalier I didn't move. I've learned from years of experience that dogs and falcons and ladies come back to you if you stay where you are. Tracy Chevalier dogyearsmoving Yes, well, life is a folly. If you live long enough, nothing is surprising. Tracy Chevalier enoughlife-islong As a reader, I happen to like turning pages and wanting to know what happens next. Tracy Chevalier happenlikeknowhappens My writing routine is: get son off to school and sit down at 8 A.M. I read what I wrote the day before, and then write longhand, into a notebook. I prefer paper and pen because it feels closer to my brain. Tracy Chevalier daybrainschoolson
