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Sue Townsend quotes: I am surrounded by counselors. My sister is a counselor. My daughter is training to be a counselor. A lot of my friends are counselors.

I am surrounded by counselors. My sister is a counselor. My daughter is training to be a counselor. A lot of my friends are counselors.

Sue Townsend quotes: I've always been fascinated by totalitarian regimes. I'm not an admirer of them.

I've always been fascinated by totalitarian regimes. I'm not an admirer of them.

Sue Townsend quotes: Rosie Germaine Mole.

Rosie Germaine Mole.

Sue Townsend quotes: I'm spectacularly disorganised. I wrote my latest book in seven different notebooks scattered throughout my house.

I'm spectacularly disorganised. I wrote my latest book in seven different notebooks scattered throughout my house.

Sue Townsend quotes: said he 'would rather go without'.

said he 'would rather go without'.

Sue Townsend quotes: Just measured my thing. It has grown one centimetre. I might be needing it soon.

Just measured my thing. It has grown one centimetre. I might be needing it soon.

Sue Townsend quotes: She was alone.She missed him immediately.

She was alone.
She missed him immediately.

Sue Townsend quotes: Nothing was true for long. In time, everything was deconstructed.

Nothing was true for long. In time, everything was deconstructed.

Sue Townsend quotes: She liked people. Me, I can take them or leave them, but mostly leave them.

She liked people. Me, I can take them or leave them, but mostly leave them.

Sue Townsend quotes: I seem to be able to get depressed quite easily without any reason.

I seem to be able to get depressed quite easily without any reason.

Sue Townsend quotes: Measured my 'thing'. It was eleven centimetres.

Measured my 'thing'. It was eleven centimetres.

Sue Townsend quotes: I always knew I had no small talk, and now I know I've got no big talk either.

I always knew I had no small talk, and now I know I've got no big talk either.

Sue Townsend quotes: I have a problem. I am an intellectual, but at the same time I am not very clever.

I have a problem. I am an intellectual, but at the same time I am not very clever.

Sue Townsend quotes: In the playground, I always made people laugh; I used to charge them three pence for an impression of a teacher. It kept me in toffees.

In the playground, I always made people laugh; I used to charge them three pence for an impression of a teacher. It kept me in toffees.

Sue Townsend quotes: I'd love a day devoid of responsibilities. I've often thought about going to a hotel just to have a day away from everything.

I'd love a day devoid of responsibilities. I've often thought about going to a hotel just to have a day away from everything.

Sue Townsend quotes: I think we take it for granted that if you are with your husband after 30 years, then he is the love of your life.

I think we take it for granted that if you are with your husband after 30 years, then he is the love of your life.

Sue Townsend quotes: Love is the only thing that keeps me sane ...

Love is the only thing that keeps me sane ...

Sue Townsend quotes: Every time I start a new piece of work, I spend a long while under the duvet thinking I can't do it.

Every time I start a new piece of work, I spend a long while under the duvet thinking I can't do it.

Sue Townsend quotes: Live with all of your senses.

Live with all of your senses.

Sue Townsend quotes: I used to think I had nice arms, but I don't even think that anymore.

I used to think I had nice arms, but I don't even think that anymore.

Sue Townsend quotes: I usually listen to the same thing over and over again: Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D Major. And Leonard Cohen.

I usually listen to the same thing over and over again: Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D Major. And Leonard Cohen.

Sue Townsend quotes: My second husband encouraged me to go to a writing group at our local theatre. It was my 'coming out of the closet' moment.

My second husband encouraged me to go to a writing group at our local theatre. It was my 'coming out of the closet' moment.

Sue Townsend quotes: I used to be the sort of boy who had sand kicked in his face, now I'm the sort of boy who watches somebody else have it kicked in their

I used to be the sort of boy who had sand kicked in his face, now I'm the sort of boy who watches somebody else have it kicked in their face

Sue Townsend quotes: I have a slight addiction to Diet Coke, and, of course, I absolutely shouldn't touch it because it makes the kidneys work really hard.

I have a slight addiction to Diet Coke, and, of course, I absolutely shouldn't touch it because it makes the kidneys work really hard.

Sue Townsend quotes: I have decided to keep a full journal, in the hope that my life will perhaps seem more interesting when it is written down.

I have decided to keep a full journal, in the hope that my life will perhaps seem more interesting when it is written down.

Sue Townsend quotes: we all need to be loved, and we all need to love.

we all need to be loved, and we all need to love.

Sue Townsend quotes: Yes - I am usually overweight. I have had to be interested in diet because of being diabetic for 30 years and having kidney failure.

Yes - I am usually overweight. I have had to be interested in diet because of being diabetic for 30 years and having kidney failure.

Sue Townsend quotes: I am the world's worst diabetic.

I am the world's worst diabetic.

Sue Townsend quotes: I don't know why women are so mad about flowers. Personally, they leave me cold. I prefer trees.

I don't know why women are so mad about flowers. Personally, they leave me cold. I prefer trees.

Sue Townsend quotes: I couldn't think of anything to say so I kept quiet. I still can't think of anything to say so I am going to sleep.

I couldn't think of anything to say so I kept quiet. I still can't think of anything to say so I am going to sleep.

Sue Townsend quotes: I never imagined when I began writing in the early 1960s I'd become professional and my life would be transformed.

I never imagined when I began writing in the early 1960s I'd become professional and my life would be transformed.

Sue Townsend quotes: Watching 'The Jeremy Kyle Show' is my guilty pleasure.

Watching 'The Jeremy Kyle Show' is my guilty pleasure.

Sue Townsend quotes: You should only speak when you have something worth saying.

You should only speak when you have something worth saying.

Sue Townsend quotes: There's only one thing more boring than listening to other people's dreams, and that's listening to their problems.

There's only one thing more boring than listening to other people's dreams, and that's listening to their problems.

Sue Townsend quotes: When all my kids were at home, I used to write from midnight onwards.

When all my kids were at home, I used to write from midnight onwards.

Sue Townsend quotes: Sex with the gorilla went on a bit, but once he'd stumbled over my clitoris we both had good times.

Sex with the gorilla went on a bit, but once he'd stumbled over my clitoris we both had good times.

Sue Townsend quotes: I always feel as if I'm a disappointment: that people want a grand dame in furs like Barbara Taylor Bradford.

I always feel as if I'm a disappointment: that people want a grand dame in furs like Barbara Taylor Bradford.

Sue Townsend quotes: She had always been comforted by confectionery

She had always been comforted by confectionery

Sue Townsend quotes: My cream and black Aga. It is the heart of the house, and people congregate around it.

My cream and black Aga. It is the heart of the house, and people congregate around it.

Sue Townsend quotes: Barry Kent's father looks like a big ape and has got more hair on the back of his hands than my father has got on his entire head.

Barry Kent's father looks like a big ape and has got more hair on the back of his hands than my father has got on his entire head.

Sue Townsend quotes: I take life very seriously. I can laugh at it, because what else can you do? But it's a hard daily battle.

I take life very seriously. I can laugh at it, because what else can you do? But it's a hard daily battle.

Sue Townsend quotes: Adrian Mole's diaryEasterPoor Jesus, it must have been dead awful for him. I wouldn't have the guts to do it myself.

Adrian Mole's diary
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Poor Jesus, it must have been dead awful for him. I wouldn't have the guts to do it myself.

Sue Townsend quotes: The monarchy is finished. It was finished a while ago, but they're still making the corpses dance.

The monarchy is finished. It was finished a while ago, but they're still making the corpses dance.

Sue Townsend quotes: Will you lie to me and promise to read them? Books need to be read. The pages need to be turned.

Will you lie to me and promise to read them? Books need to be read. The pages need to be turned.

Sue Townsend quotes: 8.45 a.m. My mother is in the hospital grounds smoking a cigarette. She is looking old and haggard. All the debauchery is catching up with her.

8.45 a.m. My mother is in the hospital grounds smoking a cigarette. She is looking old and haggard. All the debauchery is catching up with her.

Sue Townsend quotes: What's the most important quality a person could have, something that would benefit us all?

What's the most important quality a person could have, something that would benefit us all?

Sue Townsend quotes: My skin is dead good. I think it must be a combination of being in love and Lucozade.

My skin is dead good. I think it must be a combination of being in love and Lucozade.

Sue Townsend quotes: Alexander assured her, 'Eva, none of us know our children. Because they are not us.

Alexander assured her, 'Eva, none of us know our children. Because they are not us.

Sue Townsend quotes: I took my sight and mobility for granted.

I took my sight and mobility for granted.

Sue Townsend quotes: I prefer to keep my secrets to myself, to the grave ... and beyond!

I prefer to keep my secrets to myself, to the grave ... and beyond!

Sue Townsend quotes: Most social problems could be helped or prevented if people had more money and practical advice.

Most social problems could be helped or prevented if people had more money and practical advice.

Sue Townsend quotes: Yes, I hate it when people call me a 'national treasure'. It takes away your bite and makes you feel like a harmless old golden Labrador.

Yes, I hate it when people call me a 'national treasure'. It takes away your bite and makes you feel like a harmless old golden Labrador.

Sue Townsend quotes: Since I learned to read I've used them as a kind of anaesthetic.

Since I learned to read I've used them as a kind of anaesthetic.

Sue Townsend quotes: I must have been a very strange child. I was very pretentious. Like Adrian Mole.

I must have been a very strange child. I was very pretentious. Like Adrian Mole.