“...he raised his eyes above the black shapes of the trees and saw a small moon, the colour of a lemon, dragged by clouds across the sky. Moons, he thought, were so that men like himself would know they lived… — Beryl Bainbridge Copy Share Image
When passion is mutual, there is always the danger of the fire burning to ashes. — Beryl Bainbridge Copy Share Image
Women are programmed to love completely, and men are programmed to spread it around. We are fools to think it's any different. — Beryl Bainbridge Copy Share Image
“Some people find it comfortable to go through life on their knees, and good luck to them, but I prefer to keep my spine… — Beryl Bainbridge Copy Share Image
“I don't know why everybody doesn't write because everybody talks.” — Beryl Bainbridge Copy Share Image
I've never been put down by a man, unless I deserved it, and have never felt inferior. — Beryl Bainbridge Copy Share Image
The prize I value most was given to me 60 years ago. I was named the girl with the cleanest fingernails. — Beryl Bainbridge Copy Share Image
There are many things in this life capable of throwing people off course - the death of someone close, the loss of income or… — Beryl Bainbridge Copy Share Image
I've never been drawn to the feminist movement. I was brought up to believe that men had little to do with the home or… — Beryl Bainbridge Copy Share Image
“A man bears the weight of his own body without knowing it, but he soon feels the weight of any other object. There is… — Beryl Bainbridge Copy Share Image
There is nothing more guaranteed to reduce a man to the essentials than to live beneath the sky. — Beryl Bainbridge Copy Share Image
