Louise Brown Quotes

When I was a child and teenager I read whenever I had the opportunity, but since then I’ve found it hard to read as much as I’d like, children, work, and pets all providing powerful incentives to escape into a book and a practical reason why I rarely do so.

When dad told me Mr Steptoe had passed away, I broke down.

Then I obviously didn’t understand what it all meant, but I do now.

The young women in my classes are feisty and clever and believe, often with the passion of youthful optimism, that feminism is a battle already won. I worry for them – and for my daughters, too.

The richest most meaningful stories are found in small places: made, carried, crafted, told, and retold by apparently unimportant people.

The importance and influence of books on me has been cumulative: the result of hearing and reading lots of stories about interesting people and places.