Top 17 Quotes by Monique Roffey

About Monique Roffey

These are some quotes by British author Monique Roffey Writer, who was born in 1965.

Long-term heterosexual monogamy is still the dominant model: men and women still want to pair for a long period of time.

Long-term heterosexual monogamy is still the dominant model: men and women still want to pair for a long period of time.

Monique Roffey

All my books explore fatherhood. I look at what it means to have a big father figure at the centre: sometimes they're a good father, sometimes bad.

All my books explore fatherhood. I look at what it means to have a big father figure at the centre: sometimes they're a good father, sometimes bad.

Monique Roffey

I made myself unhappy measuring my love against a given norm. The truth is, we make ourselves happy in among a wide variety of loves; all count.

I made myself unhappy measuring my love against a given norm. The truth is, we make ourselves happy in among a wide variety of loves; all count.

Monique Roffey

I was an observant but dreamy child. I had a lazy eye and wild curls.

I was an observant but dreamy child. I had a lazy eye and wild curls.

Monique Roffey

Trinidad's language is a fusion of English, African, and French, and so we have our own words and even our own dictionary. Steupse is a common local word, and it's the onomatopoeic word for the sound people make to show disapproval, or to show they are vexed, when they suck their teeth together.

Monique Roffey

At the age of 62, my father died of cancer - it was much too soon. My mother never remarried or got over it, never even thought of another man.

At the age of 62, my father died of cancer - it was much too soon. My mother never remarried or got over it, never even thought of another man.

Monique Roffey

While I am most at home in London, I cannot really label myself as either British or Trinidadian. I write in the English language and live in the U.K. I find it hard to say that I am an entirely British writer, especially when I supported Trinidad in the 2006 World Cup and also support the West Indies cricket team.

Monique Roffey

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