73 Quotes by Allison Pearson

My child was one of Nature’s Tories pitted against a mother who was one of nurture’s Lefties: it was no contest.

I don’t believe for a minute that women really want to be understood by men.

The times you don’t make it are the ones children remember, not the times you do.

Not unhappy is not the same thing as happy.

When he laughed, Roy’s mouth revealed a Stonehenge of ancient teeth.

She laughed now, and the sound of it – clear as a bell, dirty as a rugby match – turned heads all along their row.

One of the best things about having children is that it enables you to have the same loving memories as another person – you can summon the same past. Two flashbacks but with a single image.

My mother thinks some disaster has happened if I don’t return a phone call from her within twenty-four hours. It’s hard to explain that the only chance to return the call will be when a disaster ISN’T happening, stormy being the prevailing climate with surprise outbreaks of calm.

There are some men who will always prefer to deal with another man, any man, rather than a woman... I can see him struggling to place me: I’m not married to him, clearly I’m not his mother, I didn’t go to school with his sister and I’m sure as hell not going to go to bed with him. So what, he must be asking himself as he chews on his pigeon, is this girl doing here? What is she for?