"8.45 a.m. My mother is in the hospital……" — Sue Townsend
"8.45 a.m. My mother is in the hospital grounds smoking a cigarette. She is looking old and haggard. All the debauchery is catching up with her."
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30 Quotes by Sue Townsend
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I am surrounded by counselors. My sister is a counselor. My daughter is training to be a counselor. A lot…
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I married two weeks after my 18th birthday, far too young, and by the time I was 23 I was…
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I've always loved books. I'm passionate about them. I think books are sexy. They are smooth and solid and contain…
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My skin is dead good. I think it must be a combination of being in love and Lucozade.
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Every time I start a new piece of work, I spend a long while under the duvet thinking I can't…
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I think we take it for granted that if you are with your husband after 30 years, then he is…
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The monarchy is finished. It was finished a while ago, but they're still making the corpses dance.
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Now I know I am an intellectual. I saw Malcolm Muggeridge on the television last night, and I understood nearly…
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There's only one thing more boring than listening to other people's dreams, and that's listening to their problems.
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Adrian Mole's father was so angry that so many pepole got divorced nowadays. HE had been unhappilly married for 30…
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I don't know why women are so mad about flowers. Personally, they leave me cold. I prefer trees.
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She liked people. Me, I can take them or leave them, but mostly leave them.
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