Author: Monique Roffey

Quotes

'The White Woman on the Green Bicycle' is a love story mapped onto an unfolding political tragedy: that of the failure of the Independence era in Trinidad.

'The White Woman on the Green Bicycle' is a love story mapped onto an unfolding political tragedy: that of the failure of the Independence era in Trinidad.

- Monique Roffey

My parents had a long and eventful marriage and were always a bit like movie stars to me when they were young.

My parents had a long and eventful marriage and were always a bit like movie stars to me when they were young.

- Monique Roffey

The romantic idealism of my youth has been replaced with realism and hard work at what I love.

The romantic idealism of my youth has been replaced with realism and hard work at what I love.

- 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

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

New Year's Eve is not about having a big party for me. It's a time of reflection, and I often go on spiritual retreats.

New Year's Eve is not about having a big party for me. It's a time of reflection, and I often go on spiritual retreats.

- 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

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

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