13 Quotes & Sayings By Sue Townsend

Sue Townsend is a British writer and comedian. She was born in London to a literary family, and her father wrote a column for the Daily Telegraph. She is the author of the bestselling, award-winning, best-selling novel The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ (1982), which was made into a television series, as well as The Woman Who Walked Into Doors (1985). Her autobiography, My Life as a Weapon (1988), was made into a film Read more

Her one-woman play, "Mum's Army", won critical acclaim when it opened in London in 2003. In 2010, she was the recipient of the Silver Pen Award from the Society of Authors for her contribution to writing. Townsend has been nominated for a British Book Award and an American National Book Critics Circle Award and has been included in Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in 2004.

Nothing was true for long. In time, everything was deconstructed.
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Nothing was true for long. In time, everything was deconstructed. Sue Townsend
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Adrian Mole's father was so angry that so many pepole got divorced nowadays. HE had been unhappilly married for 30 years, why should everybody else get away? Sue Townsend
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Alexander assured her, 'Eva, none of us know our children. Because they are not us. Sue Townsend
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She was alone. She missed him immediately. Sue Townsend
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She had always been comforted by confectionery Sue Townsend
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Yes - I am usually overweight. I have had to be interested in diet because of being diabetic for 30 years and having kidney failure. Sue Townsend
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In the playground, I always made people laugh; I used to charge them three pence for an impression of a teacher. It kept me in toffees. Sue Townsend
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I am a very independent person, and I, you know, I maintain that independence, but, you know, certain things - I mean, it takes, you know, it's just much easier for other people if other people can help you every now and again. Sue Townsend
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I think we take it for granted that if you are with your husband after 30 years, then he is the love of your life. Sue Townsend
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I have a slight addiction to Diet Coke, and, of course, I absolutely shouldn't touch it because it makes the kidneys work really hard. Sue Townsend
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I married two weeks after my 18th birthday, far too young, and by the time I was 23 I was a single mother of three small children, Sean, Daniel and Victoria, living in a prefab house. Sue Townsend
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Being poor with three small children is terrifying. You can't make any plans. You know you're not going on holiday, ever. There's no way you could ever afford driving lessons or a car. And the guilt I used to feel: they had holes in their shoes, and at one point, I had to send them to school wearing Wellingtons when the sun was shining. Sue Townsend