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Alan Bennett Quotes about Children

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Were we closer to the ground as children, or is the grass emptier now?

Were we closer to the ground as children, or is the grass emptier now?

Alan Bennett
Children, Grass
Alan Bennett (2008). “Alan Bennett Plays 1: Forty Years On, Getting On, Habeas Corpus and Enjoy”, p.63, Faber & Faber

Children always assume the sexual lives of their parents come to a grinding halt at their conception.

Alan Bennett
Children, Parent, Assuming
Alan Bennett (2008). “Alan Bennett Plays 1: Forty Years On, Getting On, Habeas Corpus and Enjoy”, p.82, Faber & Faber

I was an only child. I lost both my parents. By the time I was twenty I was bald. I'm homosexual. In the way of circumstances and background to transcend I had everything an artist could possibly want. It was practically a blueprint.

Alan Bennett
Children, Artist, Parent
Alan Bennett (2016). “A Private Function”, p.165, Faber & Faber

We were put to Dickens as children but it never quite took. That unremitting humanity soon had me cheesed off.

Alan Bennett
Children, Cheesy, Humanity
Old Country (1978) act 2

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