There is nothing more guaranteed to reduce a man to the essentials than to live beneath the sky. Beryl Bainbridge More Quotes by Beryl Bainbridge More Quotes From Beryl Bainbridge The older one becomes the quicker the present fades into sepia and the past looms up in glorious technicolour Beryl Bainbridge fadesgloriouspast Once the grammar has been learned, writing is simply talking on paper and in time learning what not to say. Beryl Bainbridge paperwritingtalking Everything else you grow out of, but you never recover from childhood. Beryl Bainbridge childhoodfatherhoodgrows It is the generation of the unemphatic. Steal, kill, lie, fornicate, but beware of indulging with conviction. Beryl Bainbridge stealinggenerationslying 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 pairsshoeschildren I am of the firm belief that everybody could write books and I never understand why they don't. After all, everybody speaks. Once the grammar has been learnt it is simply talking on paper and in time learning what not to say. Beryl Bainbridge writingtalkingbook Emotions weren't like washing. There was no call to peg them out for all the world to view. Beryl Bainbridge emotionviewsworld Moonlight lined the windowsills like a fall of snow. Beryl Bainbridge moonsnowfall When passion is mutual, there is always the danger of the fire burning to ashes. Beryl Bainbridge ashespassionfire Women are programmed to love completely, and men are programmed to spread it around. We are fools to think it's any different. Beryl Bainbridge differentmenthinking 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 importantmenthinking 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 homebelievechildren What we remember is probably fiction anyway. Beryl Bainbridge rememberlifefiction The prize I value most was given to me 60 years ago. I was named the girl with the cleanest fingernails. Beryl Bainbridge givengirlyears The vital accessories to my work are my reference books, such as the complete Shakespeare and a prayer book, and a large refuse bin. Beryl Bainbridge accessoriesprayerbook I've never been put down by a man, unless I deserved it, and have never felt inferior. Beryl Bainbridge inferiorsfeltmen The sun burnt on, drugging everything with warmth. Beryl Bainbridge warmthsun nothing is so sad as the injustices of old age. Beryl Bainbridge so-sadinjusticeage no one had experiences any more, only traumas. Beryl Bainbridge exaggerationtrauma 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 incomelosspeople
