Top 64 Quotes & Sayings by Sue Townsend - Page 2

Barry Kent's father looks like a big ape and has got more hair on the back of his hands than my father has got on his entire head.

Now I know I am an intellectual. I saw Malcolm Muggeridge on the television last night, and I understood nearly every word. It all adds up. A bad home, poor diet, not liking punk. I think I will join the library and see what happens.

I have decided to be a poet. My father said there isn't a suitable career structure for poets and no pensions and other boring things, but I am quite decided.

I have decided to keep a full journal, in the hope that my life will perhaps seem more interesting when it is written down.