I was very anxious that Stephen should have every opportunity to fulfil himself. — Jane Hawking Anxious Copy Share Image
I loved Stephen so much that nothing could deter me from wanting to marry him. — Jane Hawking Copy Share Image
I had to be steadfast in my Christian beliefs, seeking strength from them. — Jane Hawking Beliefs Copy Share Image
Gardening is one of my enduring, favourite, and most rewarding pastimes. — Jane Hawking Copy Share Image
My philosophy is that while there's life, there's hope. It's as simple as that. — Jane Hawking Hope Copy Share Image
I don't think of my life as having two marriages; I think of it as a continuum. — Jane Hawking Copy Share Image
I couldn't go off and leave Stephen. Coals of fire would have been heaped on my head if I had. — Jane Hawking Copy Share Image
Just because you can no longer have a physical relationship with someone doesn't mean you don't love them. — Jane Hawking Fitness Copy Share Image
The family and Stephen were my reason for being. Without that, I felt I was nothing. — Jane Hawking Being Copy Share Image
Our marriage was a great success. Stephen achieved what he wanted to achieve, we kept going for a very long time, and… — Jane Hawking Children Copy Share Image
I was born in Norwich, which I still regard as the most beautiful city in the world, despite the attempts by the… — Jane Hawking Beautiful Copy Share Image
I like to keep fit, and when not gardening or singing solo or in a choir, I cycle, play tennis, swim, dance,… — Jane Hawking Dance Copy Share Image
The goddess Physics was Stephen's idol. I was not jealous of her, but she did give me some cause for concern. — Jane Hawking Copy Share Image
Intellectually, Stephen was a towering giant. Bodily, he was as helpless as a newborn. The functions I fulfilled were all maternal rather… — Jane Hawking Copy Share Image
Of course I don't think any of the past will go away. The thing is, with me and Stephen, for many years,… — Jane Hawking Experience Copy Share Image
Through singing, I met my second husband, Jonathan, who is a professional musician. He transformed our lives and relieved me of much… — Jane Hawking Copy Share Image
The gas man came one day, and he said, 'What does your husband do?' so I told him, and he said, 'What's… — Jane Hawking Day Copy Share Image
We would look up at the night sky together, and although Stephen wasn't actually very good at detecting constellations, he would tell… — Jane Hawking Astronomy Copy Share Image
The truth was, there were four partners in our marriage. Stephen and me, motor neurone disease, and physics. If you took out… — Jane Hawking Copy Share Image
That the Hawkings were eccentric, even odd, was well known. That they were aloof, convinced of their own intellectual superiority over the… — Jane Hawking Awe Copy Share Image
In the early days of our marriage, Stephen could walk around Cambridge on my arm - a stick on one hand, leaning… — Jane Hawking Copy Share Image
To me, Stephen was my husband and the father of my children; one does not say to one's husband, 'Oh, you're so… — Jane Hawking Copy Share Image
I had scarcely met Stephen, and then one Saturday I met some old friends for coffee, and they were saying, 'Gosh it's… — Jane Hawking Doctor Copy Share Image
My generation of women was the last for whom marriage and a family were the goal. — Jane Hawking Family Copy Share Image
As Stephen's fame began to take off in a big way, and because he was so immersed in physics, it was becoming… — Jane Hawking Copy Share Image
I felt it was terribly important, for Stephen and the children, to keep the family together. — Jane Hawking Children Copy Share Image
We met in our hometown of St. Albans when I had just left school and Stephen was starting his Ph.D. studies in… — Jane Hawking Cambridge Copy Share Image
When I was little, I used to spend a lot of time making up stories when I was put to bed. — Jane Hawking Copy Share Image
The carer of the disabled person is always in the background. People don't want to hear about the sleaze and the nitty-gritty… — Jane Hawking Copy Share Image
No matter how bad I was feeling, I always thought, 'Stephen must be feeling worse.' — Jane Hawking Copy Share Image
After the success of Stephen's book, a whole new crowd of people became very interested in him, and the family was just… — Jane Hawking Books Copy Share Image
We were under scrutiny when Stephen became rich and famous. The media were in the house, and camera leads were absolutely everywhere… — Jane Hawking Camera Copy Share Image
When I was playing with the children, I felt I ought to be working, and when I was working, I felt I… — Jane Hawking Children Copy Share Image
The tension between Stephen's atheistic stance and my faith always existed, but neither of us tried to convert the other. I am… — Jane Hawking Copy Share Image
Living here in Cambridge, you had to have an identity. It was not enough to be a wife. So I did a… — Jane Hawking Cambridge Copy Share Image
