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Nina Bawden quotes

British Writer January 19, 1925 – August 22, 2012

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The train we had so confidently boarded had been speeding at almost 100 miles an hour and it had derailed. Someone, I can't remember who, showed me a newspaper photograph of the carriage we had been sitting in tilted on its side on a station platform next to a large notice that said Welcome to Potters Bar. Nina Bawden
If you are going to make companies, corporations, actually responsible for the safety of other people's lives, then if they fail in their duty, the only thing to prevent them failing in their duty is the fear that they would be put behind bars. Nina Bawden
I like stirring the pot - I think it's part of my duty, to shake people up a bit - make them look at things in a different way. Nina Bawden
Nina Bawden quote: "People's lives are in the care of the railways when they get..."
People's lives are in the care of the railways when they get on a train. The railways should remember that. Nina Bawden
All writers are liars. They twist events to suit themselves. They make use of their own tragedies to make a better story... They are terrible people. Nina Bawden
I've never found it made the slightest difference being a woman - though there is a sort of feeling that as you get older you're not so interesting. Nina Bawden
Nina Bawden quote: "I am not a victim. I am an angry survivor."
I am not a victim. I am an angry survivor. Nina Bawden
Nina Bawden quote: "Children often have a much stronger concept of morality than..."
Children often have a much stronger concept of morality than adults. Nina Bawden
I wanted to be a war reporter - scrabbling around, exposing things. I didn't want to go to university, I wanted to get a job, but Auntie Beryl said I should go to Oxford. Nina Bawden
Nina Bawden quote: "I would hate to live in the country, unless I was living on a..."
I would hate to live in the country, unless I was living on a farm. Nina Bawden
I met Richard Burton, an RAF cadet on a two-term course. I would have flirted more enthusiastically if it had not been for the horrid boils on the back of his neck. Nina Bawden

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