"The Millstone" Quotes
A single woman navigates unexpected pregnancy and motherhood in 1960s London.
fiction | 192 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.
I'm not unhappy. I'm just not happy.
There is no good reason why we should not preserve our virginity to the grave.
I can see that one day I may have to renounce the world, resign my job and surrender my independence.
I suppose it was because I was never in love before. I didn't know how to handle it.
The first time I ever went to bed with a man I asked him what he was doing there. It wasn't his fault.
The best thing about the Pill is that it gives you such a sense of freedom.
I'm afraid I'm a bit of a moral coward.
I am not a natural mother. I don't have the instincts for it.
I don't think you ever really want a child. You just get pregnant and then you put up with it.





