{"author":"Suzy Davies","author_id":"Suzy+Davies","total_quotes":34,"quotes":[{"text":"Books are a portable kind of time travel. We go back as well as forward when we read them. When we come back into the now, after being immersed in worlds previously unknown to us, we find ourselves, transformed. Touched by their magic, nothing we ever perceived beforehand remains quite the same.","author":"Suzy Davies","tags":["books","magic","perception","readers","reading","the-self","time-travel-other-worlds","transformation"],"id":2299,"author_id":"Suzy+Davies"},{"text":"Writing is...Creating tattoos which are invisible, under your skin.","author":"Suzy Davies","tags":["biography","memoir"],"id":6843,"author_id":"Suzy+Davies"},{"text":"I can see the caravanserai, like a mirage in the distance. The heat hums. I thought I saw water. What would you have on these trade winds for your comfort?","author":"Suzy Davies","tags":["romance-fiction","romance-novels"],"id":18845,"author_id":"Suzy+Davies"},{"text":"His lone withdrawing figure blended anonymously with the darkness, Dr Raven's quick, light steps becoming gradually distant, drowned out by the clicking staccato rush of trains, the steady drip of rainwater, and the clock of a nearby church as it heralded the hour.","author":"Suzy Davies","tags":["biography","memoir","romance"],"id":22807,"author_id":"Suzy+Davies"},{"text":"How insightful of Finland to devise a topic-based curriculum in their schools! This means that dicreet 'subjects' that are taught may cross-fertilise each other, and the possibilities in this are amazing!","author":"Suzy Davies","tags":["education","innovation","leadership","pupils","schools","the-curriculum"],"id":71681,"author_id":"Suzy+Davies"},{"text":"When first I set eyes on The Isle of Wight Polar Bear, my world was filled, in that instant, with the magic and wonder of childhood - Suzy Davies, Author, 'Snugs The Snow Bear.","author":"Suzy Davies","tags":["children-s-","children-s-books","inspiration","magic","wonder","writers"],"id":98440,"author_id":"Suzy+Davies"},{"text":"There are bald patches, like Daddy's head, on the pebble-dash, higher up than last year. I have picked off the stones. (I was a graffiti artist. No words, no pictures. The trace of identity marked in spaces.","author":"Suzy Davies","tags":["memoir"],"id":125579,"author_id":"Suzy+Davies"},{"text":"Writing 'Snugs the Snow Bear' was an exhilerating walk on a beach - I stopped now and then to study the rock pools, put my hand to my forehead, to gaze over the vast ocean, and the tide danced; played music at my feet, turned over precious shells and stones, returned them to me, polished. I picked one, held it to my ear. The tide rushed in, ran over my naked feet, and I was home.","author":"Suzy Davies","tags":["books","writers","writing"],"id":133281,"author_id":"Suzy+Davies"},{"text":"The song was a sea-shanty, and Snugs loved that kind of song. The music had an accordion, and the tune reminded him of the ship, and the songs Captain LightOwler played, when he was off duty, about pirates and the baddies on the sea.","author":"Suzy Davies","tags":["animals","bears","children-s-books"],"id":139614,"author_id":"Suzy+Davies"},{"text":"Reading an author's Biography contributes to an understanding and enjoyment of their work, and gives a richness to the reading experience.","author":"Suzy Davies","tags":["analysis","biography","empathy","point-of-view","readers-world-views","understanding","writers"],"id":142174,"author_id":"Suzy+Davies"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":34,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}