guilt to motherhood is like grapes to wine

Take me! Well, not quite take me, love me now, take me eventually

My experience of men in cars has always been that if you don't want them to do something, they will. It is when they are behind a wheel that they most fear the control of women and children.

I know that I'm a real writer because sometimes I write a story just because I want to; not because someone's told me to.

by and large, nothing is as bad as you fear, or as good as you hope.

I like the dry-cleaners. I like the sense of refreshment and renewal. I like the way dirty old torn clothes are dumped, to be returned clean and wholesome in their slippery transparent cases. Better than confesssion any day. Here there is a true sense of rebirth, redemption, salvation.

As it has turned out, the whole relationship between men, women and children has tilted, to the disadvantage of women.