Quotes from Jackie French

Mobile phones would have wrecked the plots of most of Shakespeare's plays.

A kingdom needs tending, just like a cheese. Leave a cheese too long and the whey settles to the bottom and sours the whole. Leave a kingdom for too long and others rise to the top and take the whole.

Why were humans so good at not seeing anyone who didn't fit into their vision of how things should be?

I had found I could best be a good daughter by making sure my father never guessed what to forbid.

Teachers had told her she was intelligent. Friends had said so too, often slightly accusatory as if being intelligent had made her too different to be quite comfortable with.

Darling Jed. One day wee are all going to die. That should make us love each other more, not less. Use the time we are given." "That sounds very wise. But doesn't it just mean life hurts you more?" "It means you pay for love," said Nancy. "But it is always worth it.

I knew this was a jewel of a day that would glow bright for my whole life, brighter than any ruby in Macbeth's crown.

Yo no soy para nada bonita, pero cuando sea grande quiero ser el tipo de persona que haga que la gente diga: "Cuando la conoces no la puedes olvidar".

If you want intelligent children give them a book. If you want more intelligent children give them more books.

I felt I'd used up most of my life's words in the palace, among folk who were never really mine, in a place that wasn't home.

People take you at your own evaluation, or at least the value that you appear to show.

There is nothing wrong in giving those you love more choices," she added. "It is only wrong if you try to blackmail or coax them into making the choice you prefer.

They never learn, fish. If they pulled against the line and kept pulling, they'd break it. But they give a tug and wait and hope we've gone away." He winked at her. "Always keep on fighting, Matilda my darlin'. Don't end like a fish.

unaware of the fate around the corner.

Who was Hitler" demanded little Tracy "He was this bloke in World War Two" explained Ben.

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But in her seventy and more years, she had learned that the risks taken for others gave the greatest rewards.

Wasn't me who said capitalism was wrong. I just didn't want another argument with Carol. Big projects need capital. It's when the people who have the capital get laws made in their favour that it all goes bad.

But was it snobbery to feel that someone's world was too different from yours to ever meld, despite what he had felt back among the light and chatter? Was it prejudiced to acknowledge that skin colour did make a difference, simply because it did matter to so many?

an' a daughter again,