39 Quotes by Beryl Bainbridge

Well, I woke up one morning around Christmas, went as far as the shops, and when I got to the corner I felt this violent pain in me left leg. I mentioned it to my daughter and she took me instantly to the hospital. It turned out it was vasculitis. In other words, you can have your leg off.

What we remember is probably fiction anyway.

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

no one had experiences any more, only traumas.

When passion is mutual, there is always the danger of the fire burning to ashes.

nothing is so sad as the injustices of old age.

Emotions weren't like washing. There was no call to peg them out for all the world to view.

The sun burnt on, drugging everything with warmth.

Women are programmed to love completely, and men are programmed to spread it around. We are fools to think it's any different.