Human beings have a need, generally, to destroy things. The Freudian principle of civilisation is correct. There's always, always a difference between the family image and the reality.

Even if they knew the truth of their own feelings, most mothers would be socially and emotionally incapable of revealing it.

Honest criticism, I suppose, has its place. But honest writing is infinitely more valuable.

Hope is one of those no-win-no-fee things, and although it needs some encouragement to survive, its existence doesn't necessarily prove anything.

I am a good and interested mother - which has surprised me.

People are least aware of others when demonstrating their own power over them.

Divorce also entails the beginning of a supposition that that familial reality might have obstructed one's ability to perceive others.