“Sophia will not come. How mad he is to imagine, for a moment, that she might. Why should she risk everything for him? He can offer her nothing, only love.” — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
It's not a failure if a marriage or partnership ends after a certain number of years. I think, in general, we expect too much… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share
“Our task is not to solve enigmas, but to be aware of them, to bow our heads before them and also to prepare the… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share
It was very liberating, living in a foreign country, a place where everything was new and strange - the food, the customs, the climate,… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share
“Even when I succeed in getting there we only have an hour. At ten o’clock the night-watch trumpet sounds and those who are out… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share
“The world is chaotic. All artists know this, but they try to make sense of it. Sophia has made sense of it for him.… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share
Don't start writing your novel until you know your characters very, very well. What they'd do if they saw somebody shoplifting. What they were… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share
Everything will be alright in the end so if it is not alright it is not the end. — Deborah Moggach Copy Share
Living apart is hardly possible if people have children together. It can also be more expensive to maintain two homes. But then, it's expensive… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share
My first novel, 'You Must be Sisters,' was started in Pakistan. I've wrote several novels and a TV drama set or partly-set there. — Deborah Moggach Copy Share
Writing a novel is a huge adventure; when it's going well it's more fun than fun. When it stutters to a halt put it… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share
I like missing someone and being missed; I like looking forward to seeing him again. I like getting emails and texts with lots of… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share
The greatest artists know how to entertain, or else nobody would read them. — Deborah Moggach Copy Share
I hate fussing about in the kitchen when I have people over to supper, so I make a rich beef stew cooked in wine… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share
But it's also true that the person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing. All we know about the future is that it will… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share
I do believe that we baby-boomers are reinventing ageing as we enter it. We're living longer and expecting more from life; the success of… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share
