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"I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars."
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"It's funny how two people can grow up in the same town, go to the same school, have the same friends, and end up so totally different. Family, or lack of it, counts for more than you'd think."
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"Mother is the center of the family, everyone else surrounds her."
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"There's something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she's only measured water in it."
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"Behind all your stories is always your mother's story. Because hers is where yours begin."
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"An excellent mother knows she has the beautiful life, and she is a big time programmer."
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"If you don't have the support and love and caring and connection that you get from a family, you don't have much at all."
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"My parents had three kids right after the Second World War, and we were all sort of sickly. Then I had a fourth sibling, with very serious asthma. The medical bills... So my parents always struggled."
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"Heaven set couples for babies' birth."
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"I tell you, families are definitely the training ground for forgiveness."
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"I'll be left writing picture books and fairy tales."
Books
"My prose is turgid, it just hasn't got any energy."
Energy
"It's always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more male-dominated, unlike poetry, which is more equal."
Woman
"Christmas is taken very seriously in this household. I believe in Father Christmas, and there's no way I'd do anything to undermine that belief."
Family
"Edinburgh is my favourite city. We'll be doing a lot of children's theatre and galleries."
Family
"Between 9am and 3pm is when I work most intensely."
Work
"I still read Donne, particularly his love poems."
Love
"I write in that space between Ella's childhood and mine. I know it all sounds a bit sinister."
Family
"Every day is a gift with a child, no matter what problems you have."
Personal
"I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet and our resources is an anxiety."
Abuse
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