A biography for Michelle Cooperhasn’t been written yet.
“There’s a fine line between gossip and history, when one is talking about kings.”
“Do you know what it is?' [Toby] said thoughtfully. 'It's that they haven't had anything really awful happen to them. No wonder they seem so superficial and unfeeling.' It was certainly an interesting theory, ... [but] surely one didn't need to have suffered in order to possess empathy for those who had? All it required was a bit of imagination and a well-stocked library.”
“She seemed to think reading was some sort of hobby, as opposed to being as necessary as breathing, sleeping, and eating.”