“I'd like to see my grandchildren climb trees, not stand under them. I'...” — Laurie Graham Quote

“I'd like to see my grandchildren climb trees, not stand under them. I'd like to see them learn to make bread and brown it over a fire using my toasting fork.”

“There is something very easy about women's friendships that you don't see as often with men. We all know examples of this, when women will just call each other up or drop a line, not with anything specific to say.”

“As well as writing novels and doing short-order journalism, I am also the full-time carer of my husband, who has Alzheimer's. Each day feels like a race that must be run.”

“Is it honest for me to go and sit there on communion day and drink the wine and eat the bread while feeling it all to be mummery?”

“Every time I go into a tournament, I'm strictly on my own. I know I'm playing for my bread and butter.”

“Courage is soldiers fighting on the front line, or people living on the bread line.”