"The most convincing argument against early parenthood is that you are in a relationship that is likely to fall apart before that child grows up."
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"Largely this is a class thing - writers tend to be cosseted little middle-class kiddies who think that the world owes them a royalty cheque. But just doing it - being in your room for years on end, locked in your head, alone with invented ghosts - it weakens and softens the body. And I know I can't just live in my head.“
-Tony Parsons
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