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The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year QUOTES

The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year QUOTES

1 " Nothing was true for long. In time, everything was deconstructed. "

― Sue Townsend , The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year

2 " Alexander assured her, 'Eva, none of us know our children. Because they are not us. "

― Sue Townsend , The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year

3 " She was alone.
She missed him immediately. "

― Sue Townsend , The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year

4 " She had always been comforted by confectionery "

― Sue Townsend , The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year

5 " She liked people. Me, I can take them or leave them, but mostly leave them. "

― Sue Townsend , The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year

6 " Will you lie to me and promise to read them? Books need to be read. The pages need to be turned. "

― Sue Townsend , The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year

7 " To unlock the heavy outer door and to walk into the hushed interior, with the morning light spilling from the high windows on to the waiting books, gave her such pleasure that she would have worked for nothing. "

― Sue Townsend , The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year

8 " Your trouble is, you want to be happy all the time. You're fifty years old -- haven't you realized yet that most of the time most of us just trudge through life? Happy days are few and far between. "

― Sue Townsend , The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year

9 " we all need to be loved, and we all need to love. "

― Sue Townsend , The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year

10 " Sex with the gorilla went on a bit, but once he'd stumbled over my clitoris we both had good times. "

― Sue Townsend , The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year

11 " I haven't used my brain for so long, the poor thing is huddled in a corner, waiting to be fed. "

― Sue Townsend , The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year

12 " Women are mysterious creatures, Dr Bee. "

― Sue Townsend , The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year

13 " You should only speak when you have something worth saying. "

― Sue Townsend , The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year

14 " Be kind, for everybody you meet is fighting a hard battle'
attributed to Plato, and many others "

― Sue Townsend , The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year

15 " Eva said, Are you sure that it's my husband, Dr Brian Beaver, she's carrying on with? Only he's not the type.
"He's a man, isn't he?" Said Nicola. "

― Sue Townsend , The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year

16 " Goodness means telling good lies, so that people won't get hurt by true words. "

― Sue Townsend , The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year

17 " It was three o'clock in the morning. A time when frail people die. "

― Sue Townsend , The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year

18 " remember that conversation is like ping pong. You say something, she says something. Then you respond to something she's just said, then she bats it back. You ask her a question. She replies. Do you get the idea? "

― Sue Townsend , The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year

19 " As a journey begins with one step, so a crowd begins to collect with one person. "

― Sue Townsend , The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year

20 " What's the most important quality a person could have, something that would benefit us all? "

― Sue Townsend , The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year