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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. "
3 " She was alone.She missed him immediately. "
4 " She had always been comforted by confectionery "
5 " She liked people. Me, I can take them or leave them, but mostly leave them. "
6 " Will you lie to me and promise to read them? Books need to be read. The pages need to be turned. "
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. "
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. "
9 " we all need to be loved, and we all need to love. "
10 " Sex with the gorilla went on a bit, but once he'd stumbled over my clitoris we both had good times. "
11 " I haven't used my brain for so long, the poor thing is huddled in a corner, waiting to be fed. "
12 " Women are mysterious creatures, Dr Bee. "
13 " You should only speak when you have something worth saying. "
14 " Be kind, for everybody you meet is fighting a hard battle'attributed to Plato, and many others "
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. "
16 " Goodness means telling good lies, so that people won't get hurt by true words. "
17 " It was three o'clock in the morning. A time when frail people die. "
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? "
19 " As a journey begins with one step, so a crowd begins to collect with one person. "
20 " What's the most important quality a person could have, something that would benefit us all? "