Quotes by Margaret Forster
“How could you be so naive as to tell a writer everything you have been told in confidence, and then expect him to keep a secret?”— Margaret Forster
“Women have been brought up to be passive, accepting, not to speak out, to be obedient.”— Margaret Forster
“The family is a subject of endless fascination, and a source of never-ending stories.”— Margaret Forster
“The point of a diary is not to be a record of what you did but of who you were.”— Margaret Forster
“Most of my life I have been a poor goer to things, a poor mixer, a poor joiner in.”— Margaret Forster
“It's a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you're ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now.”— Margaret Forster