Beryl Bainbridge

There are many things in this life capable of throwing people off course - the death of someone close, the loss of income or health, the realisation that cherished hopes cannot always be fulfilled ↗

— Beryl Bainbridge

#death

Being constantly with children was like wearing a pair of shoes that were expensive and too small. She couldn't bear to throw them out, but they gave her blisters. ↗

— Beryl Bainbridge

#being #blisters #children #constantly #expensive

Everything else you grow out of, but you never recover from childhood. ↗

— Beryl Bainbridge

#else #everything #grow #never #out

I've never been drawn to the feminist movement. I was brought up to believe that men had little to do with the home or children - except to bring in the money. ↗

— Beryl Bainbridge

#believe #bring #brought #children #drawn

It seems to me that a mutually beneficial relationship between a man and woman requires the man to be dominant. A sensible woman will allow the man to think he is the most important partner. ↗

— Beryl Bainbridge

#beneficial #between #dominant #important #man

When I got a telly we had no aerial, but I discovered that if I or one of the children stood by it you could get a picture. So I had to make a statue that could stand by the telly. ↗

— Beryl Bainbridge

#children #could #discovered #get #got