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"My mother, who was quite sharp when I was young, became utterly mild."
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"Don't give up on yourself, your dreams and your family."
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"It is wonderful to live together as brothers and sisters."
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"Children observe everything with caution."
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"Children are holy angels."
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"Children are sacred beings."
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"Blessed your mum, who carried you in a womb for nine months."
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"Children are the most fearless souls on earth."
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"Children can see the beatitudes in nature."
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"Fatherhood is sacred."
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"Family is a fortress."
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"I realize that I had always in my heart of hearts planned to write a biography of Marie Antoinette."
Heart
"I can't read historical fiction because I find the real thing so much more interesting."
Fiction
"Normally I make myself swim, do exercises. For zest I like going to the cinema."
Cinema
"My advantage as a woman and a human being has been in having a mother who believed strongly in women's education. She was an early undergraduate at Oxford, and her own mother was a doctor."
Education
"After Mary Queen of Scots, I turned to the farthest subject possible: Cromwell."
History
"The concentration in my book on Marie Antoinette's childhood and on her family influences. It is surprising how some books actually start with her arrival in France!"
Family
"Mary Queen of Scots was my first love, and that is always something special."
Love
"I think crime writing is my link with trying to preserve a sort of order."
Crime
"I hate the only one of my book jackets when I was made up professionally, my hair made into a smooth bell."
Hair
"The clue to book jacket photography is to look friendly and approachable, but not too glamorous."
Ethics
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