The Old Ducks' Hen Do Quotes

“My cats have the right idea,’ Sophia said. ‘Castor and Pollux do nothing that doesn’t suit them. They laze around in the sun, eating the food I provide, sleeping in the most comfortable places. It’s true, when you are a kid you want to be a teenager, when you’re a teenager you want to be an adult. When you’re an adult you want to be a cat.”
― Maddie Please, The Old Ducks' Hen Do

“in just a short time I had changed. I was able to see my way through at last. I would not be forgotten or overlooked. I would make an effort to stop being afraid of what could go wrong, I would start to be positive about what could go right.”
― Maddie Please, The Old Ducks' Hen Do

“I thought about this and realised that was actually all any of us wanted. For people to be kind to us and to each other. And kindness seemed in short supply these days.”
― Maddie Please, The Old Ducks' Hen Do

“old people are always fifteen years older than we are.”
― Maddie Please, The Old Ducks' Hen Do

“We were born to be real, not perfect,”
― Maddie Please, The Old Ducks' Hen Do

“Life was to be lived, not just tolerated.”
― Maddie Please, The Old Ducks' Hen Do

“While we had to struggle into tight garments, tucking in flab and wondering if the whole garment had shrunk since we last put it on.”
― Maddie Please, The Old Ducks' Hen Do

“Now look, Kim, during the week my body is a temple. At the weekends and on holiday it’s a student union, with a sticky floor. With a punk band playing.”
― Maddie Please, The Old Ducks' Hen Do

“But then someone told me, arguing with an idiot is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter how good you are, the pigeon is always going to poop on the board at some point and still think it’s won.”
― Maddie Please, The Old Ducks' Hen Do

“Fear is temporary, regret is forever.”
― Maddie Please, The Old Ducks' Hen Do

“Life is short, time is fast. There’s no replay, no rewind, no pause button. Now I have the “what next” thing to deal with.”
― Maddie Please, The Old Ducks' Hen Do

“back”
― Maddie Please, The Old Ducks' Hen Do

“am too much for some people, but then they aren’t my people.”
― Maddie Please, The Old Ducks' Hen Do

“Life is short, time is fast. There’s no replay, no rewind, no pause button. Now I have the”
― Maddie Please, The Old Ducks' Hen Do

“One minute I am a hero to my son, the next Papa is an old fool who knows nothing.”
― Maddie Please, The Old Ducks' Hen Do