I met my second husband on a bus. We looked at each other and that was it. We were both married to other people at the time and behaved badly, but we didn't seem to have any choice. We were very happy for nearly 50 years and would still be together if it wasn't for the bloody railways.
Nina BawdenTen thousand pounds is the legal value of a negligently taken life, of a child or a parent. A cold and somewhat mean-spirited calculation: you would do better if you slipped on a paving-stone and broke a front tooth.
Nina BawdenI've never found it made the slightest difference being a woman - though there is a sort of feeling that as you get older you're not so interesting.
Nina BawdenOne good reason for writing novels based on your life is that you have something to read in old age when you've forgotten what happened.
Nina Bawden