Catherine Cookson quotes:
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You make your son out to be to be almost an idiot; well let me tell you something, Mrs Loan, if he were a complete idiot, drooling at the mouth, he'd still be a better person then you.
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Oh God, I'm sorry I bring trouble on people. I don't mean to, you know that, you know that. And don't punish me by taking Ned. Keep him safe that's all I ask. That's all I'll ever ask again, just keep him safe.
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The Girl was gone, buried in the past. She never wanted to hear that name again. She was a woman for better for worse. Whatever the future might bring she could face it as a woman, Ned Ridley's woman.
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Constancy in a man is rare.
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To get over the guilt of drinking, take your brandy in milk. This way, it becomes medicinal.
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The only thing I want from my money is to die in comfort.
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It's no good saying one thing and doing another.