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> [I dislike the word 'victim.' I dislike being told that I 'lost' my husband - as if I had idly abandoned you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-bawden/i-dislike-the-word-victim-i-dislike-being-told-that-i-lost-my-husband/)

[Nina Bawden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-bawden/)

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> [I met my second husband on a bus. We looked at each other and that was it. We were both married to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-bawden/i-met-my-second-husband-on-a-bus-we-looked-at-each-other-and-that-was/)

[Nina Bawden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-bawden/)

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> [People's lives are in the care of the railways when they get on a train. The railways should remember that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-bawden/people-s-lives-are-in-the-care-of-the-railways-when-they-get-on-a/)

[Nina Bawden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-bawden/)

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## More by Nina Bawden

> [I like stirring the pot - I think it's part of my duty, to shake people up a bit - make them look at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-bawden/i-like-stirring-the-pot-i-think-it-s-part-of-my-duty-to-shake-people/)

[Nina Bawden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-bawden/)

> [All writers are liars. They twist events to suit themselves. They make use of their own tragedies to make a better story... They are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-bawden/all-writers-are-liars-they-twist-events-to-suit-themselves-they-make/)

[Nina Bawden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-bawden/)

> [I would hate to live in the country, unless I was living on a farm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-bawden/i-would-hate-to-live-in-the-country-unless-i-was-living-on-a-farm/)

[Nina Bawden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-bawden/)

> [I met Richard Burton, an RAF cadet on a two-term course. I would have flirted more enthusiastically if it had not been for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-bawden/i-met-richard-burton-an-raf-cadet-on-a-two-term-course-i-would-have/)

[Nina Bawden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-bawden/)

> [I was born in a small suburb of Ilford in a rather nasty housing estate that my mother despised. She had grown up in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-bawden/i-was-born-in-a-small-suburb-of-ilford-in-a-rather-nasty-housing/)

[Nina Bawden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-bawden/)

> [Life isn't so complicated for children. They have more time to think about the really important things. That's why I occasionally moralise in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-bawden/life-isn-t-so-complicated-for-children-they-have-more-time-to-think/)

[Nina Bawden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-bawden/)

> [I've never found it made the slightest difference being a woman - though there is a sort of feeling that as you get older…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-bawden/i-ve-never-found-it-made-the-slightest-difference-being-a-woman/)

[Nina Bawden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-bawden/)

> [All writers are thieves; theft is a necessary tool of the trade.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-bawden/all-writers-are-thieves-theft-is-a-necessary-tool-of-the-trade/)

[Nina Bawden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-bawden/)

> [I am not a victim. I am an angry survivor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-bawden/i-am-not-a-victim-i-am-an-angry-survivor/)

[Nina Bawden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-bawden/)

> [People who don't read seem to me mysterious. I don't know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-bawden/people-who-don-t-read-seem-to-me-mysterious-i-don-t-know-how-they/)

[Nina Bawden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-bawden/)

> [Adults get more confused by social worker jargon. Unlike children, they are also less likely to see two sides of an argument, and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-bawden/adults-get-more-confused-by-social-worker-jargon-unlike-children-they/)

[Nina Bawden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-bawden/)

> [I wanted to be a war reporter - scrabbling around, exposing things. I didn't want to go to university, I wanted to get a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-bawden/i-wanted-to-be-a-war-reporter-scrabbling-around-exposing-things-i/)

[Nina Bawden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-bawden/)

> [Children often have a much stronger concept of morality than adults.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-bawden/children-often-have-a-much-stronger-concept-of-morality-than-adults/)

[Nina Bawden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-bawden/)

> [I dislike the word 'victim.' I dislike being told that I 'lost' my husband - as if I had idly abandoned you by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-bawden/i-dislike-the-word-victim-i-dislike-being-told-that-i-lost-my-husband/)

[Nina Bawden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-bawden/)

> [I was cleaning out the pigsty at a farm in Wales, where my mother had rented a room, when the results of my final…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-bawden/i-was-cleaning-out-the-pigsty-at-a-farm-in-wales-where-my-mother-had/)

[Nina Bawden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-bawden/)

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