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The De Bernières were very military. I broke the military tradition but I was terribly proud of my father being a soldier.


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We have roots that grow towards each other underground. And when all the pretty blossom has fallen from our branches we find that we are one tree and not two.



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Symmetry is for God, not for us.



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When you have children it completely shifts your focus; they become the most passionate love of your life...



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In reality the world is as full of bad mothers as it is of bad fathers, and it is not the motherless children who become delinquent but the fatherless ones.



Family law is institutionally anti-male. I've been lobbying MPs, and I'm not going to give up campaigning for equality until I get equality.

Family law is institutionally anti-male. I've been lobbying MPs, and I'm not going to give up campaigning for equality until I get equality.



Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides.

Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides.



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The trouble with fulfilling your ambitions is you think you will be transformed into some sort of archangel and you're not. You still have to wash your socks.



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