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The Millstone
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"The Millstone" Quotes

A single woman navigates unexpected pregnancy and motherhood in 1960s London.

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.

Margaret Drabble

independencemoney

I'm not unhappy. I'm just not happy.

Margaret Drabble

happiness

There is no good reason why we should not preserve our virginity to the grave.

Margaret Drabble

virginity

I can see that one day I may have to renounce the world, resign my job and surrender my independence.

Margaret Drabble

renunciationindependence

I suppose it was because I was never in love before. I didn't know how to handle it.

Margaret Drabble

love

The first time I ever went to bed with a man I asked him what he was doing there. It wasn't his fault.

Margaret Drabble

intimacy

The best thing about the Pill is that it gives you such a sense of freedom.

Margaret Drabble

freedomcontraception

I'm afraid I'm a bit of a moral coward.

Margaret Drabble

cowardice

I am not a natural mother. I don't have the instincts for it.

Margaret Drabble

motherhood

I don't think you ever really want a child. You just get pregnant and then you put up with it.

Margaret Drabble

parenthood