“I cried for my granny and my mum and every working-class woman who had sacrificed like them and been denied proper closure and emotional balm because they had slipped through the system, no, had been failed by the system, and hadn’t the means to do so. I”
― Not My Father's Son
― Not My Father's Son
“I do wish you wouldn't argue with me when I'm knitting.”
― My Family and Other Animals
― My Family and Other Animals
“"When you lose your compassion for those in need, when you cast aside your capacity to care, when you ignore the plight of your fellow man, then the qualities that once allowed you to rise above and the virtues that once made you human are gone.”
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“You can't go through sustained cruelty and terror for a large swathe of your life and not talk about it and be okay.”
― Not My Father's Son
― Not My Father's Son
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