3 Quotes & Sayings By Fiona Barton

Fiona Barton is the author of three novels, including The Secret Language of Girls. She has also written many other non-fiction titles, including the bestselling How to Be a Woman. Her books have sold more than two million copies in 26 languages around the world. Fiona has written four plays, and one of them won the New York Times Outer Critics Prize Read more

She was appointed OBE in 2009 for services to literature and women's rights.

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It's a strange feeling, owning a secret. It's like a stone in my stomach, crushing my insides and making me feel sick every time I think of it. Fiona Barton
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People say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. They say that when you been through something terrible ... But it doesn't. It breaks your bones, leaving everything splintered and held together with grubby bandages and yellowing sticky tape. Creaking along the fault lines, Fragile and exhausting to hold together. Sometimes you wish it had killed you. Fiona Barton