37 quotes found
“It takes 43 muscles to frown and 3 to raise the middle finger.”
“Finding some quiet time in your life, I think, is hugely important.”
“Sustaining true friendship is a lot more challenging than we give it credit for.”
“Having a baby is a disaster for your career. I don't think there's any sympathy.”
“No matter how your dreams are impossible if you keep in dreaming, your wishes will come true.”
“At this age, all we need to do is to "WAIT" in our love life.Set your priorities, Endeavor your goals!”
“Babies have the power to make grumpy people happy because they love you no matter what. Dogs are that way, too.”
“there is rarely any rhyme or reason in suicides. They can be a cry for help gone wrong, or a punishment to those youre leaving behind, or one fateful twenty-minute window when you lose your bearing...”
“Those that have lost their lives to suicide were good people, who were in deep, deep pain. Keep speaking about mental illness and keep it out of the darkness.”
“Being loud after drinking wine doesn't help. Being silent after drinking wine doesn't help. Nothing really ever gets solved either way.”
“Since so many romantic comedies vary little in their storyline, the success or failure of such movies depends largely on whether we believe in the relationship of the protagonists.”
“I hate the thought of my children being glued to a screen. Children only play on computers all day because their parents let them.”
“I've been accused of riding roughshod over others' emotions, and I admit, when I feel a friend is being over-indulgent, my patience is in short supply.”
“For many young women, the dream of independence and a home of their own is a tantalising goal, while a lifetime devoted solely to catering for another person's needs would be hard to countenance.”
“I recognise my old self in a lot of the letters I get from single women who are unrealistic about what they want.”
“We invest less in our friendships and expect more of friends than any other relationship. We spend days working out where to book for a romantic dinner, weeks wondering how to celebrate a partner o...”
“There are many ways to make the most of your time on the planet, and propagation of the species is just one of them. If you're convinced that it's the key to your happiness, there are routes open t...”
“When I last looked, there weren't queues of eager guys under 40 hanging outside single ladies' doors begging them to give up work and have their babies. It takes two to tango and the same number, w...”
“Contrary to popular mythology, the best and most durable relationships are based not on vulnerability or passion but on a conjugation of positive attributes, a meeting of mind, body and soul that i...”
“Translating any insights I have for strangers' lives into positive action in my own has proved a challenge. While I've learned a lot about what everyone else is thinking, I fail miserably to use su...”
“The sight of parents, children and grandparents all descending on a tented field to enjoy the pleasure of ideas and books renews my faith in humanity.”
