Accent Quote by Laurie Graham

It was the Victorians who covered the piano legs and drew a heavy curtain over what a lady got up to in her boudoir.

— Laurie Graham

In grief, after even the happiest of relationships, we go over things again and again.

— Laurie Graham

Childhood doesn't have to be perfect, and children don't have to be beautiful. From a bit of grit may grow a pearl, and if…

— Laurie Graham

Characters develop as the book progresses, but any that start to bore me end up in the wastepaper basket. In real life, we may…

— Laurie Graham

The wheels of publishing never slow down.

— Laurie Graham

As well as writing novels and doing short-order journalism, I am also the full-time carer of my husband, who has Alzheimer's. Each day feels…

— Laurie Graham

The thing about praising beauty is that good looks are an unforgiving task- master, a Forth Bridge of a maintenance job. The passing years…

— Laurie Graham

I'm married to an American, so I guess that has changed my perspective on the subjects I can write about.

— Laurie Graham

Personally, my interest in social history ends around 1959, by which time I was an adolescent. I've always attributed this to my particular sensibilities.…

— Laurie Graham

My go-to author for knowing it all is Evelyn Waugh. 'A Handful of Dust' is as perfect as a book can get.

— Laurie Graham

I'd like to see my grandchildren climb trees, not stand under them. I'd like to see them learn to make bread and brown it…

— Laurie Graham

My parents never told me I was beautiful, and for one very good reason. I wasn't. When your child is a tubby, bespectacled little…

— Laurie Graham