#had

I never met Barbara Cartland. But now that I'm working on her life, I wish I had. I think there was a lot of pathos in it and I'm intrigued by her. ↗

— Mel Smith

#had #her #i #i think #i wish

I've said to others that there were places I had forgotten about that were just so powerful. I've read the Gospels many times, but it's been a while since I've read through a whole book. ↗

— Michael W. Smith

#been #book #forgotten #gospels #had

We've probably never met, but I wish we had. ↗

— Michael W. Smith

#i #i wish #met #never #probably

In the period where I had to live the life of a citizen - a life where, like everybody else, I did tons of laundry and cleaned toilet bowls, changed hundreds of diapers and nursed children - I learned a lot. ↗

— Patti Smith

#changed #children #citizen #cleaned #diapers

I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But there was always financial strife. ↗

— Patti Smith

#childhood #fanciful #financial #great #had

I had to learn, really, how to rein in my energies and discipline myself. And I found it very very useful. I rebelled against it at first, but it's a good thing to have. ↗

— Patti Smith

#against #discipline #energies #first #found

I wrote every day. I don't think I could have written 'Just Kids' had I not spent all of the 80s developing my craft as a writer. ↗

— Patti Smith

#craft #day #developing #every #every day

I felt I couldn't be a good mom anymore, but I didn't want my children to grow up without a mom. I felt I had to end our lives to protect us from any grief or harm. ↗

— Susan Smith

#anymore #children #end #felt #good

I had never felt so lonely and so sad in my entire life. ↗

— Susan Smith

#entire life #felt #had #i #life

I was in love with someone very much, but he didn't love me and never would. I had a very difficult time accepting that. But I had hurt him very much, and I could see why he could never love me. ↗

— Susan Smith

#could #difficult #difficult time #had #him