- Fran: Watch out for young men who are good with the kids. It's because they can't afford their share of the bills.
- Fran: Me - I'm a closet celibate. Oh, no, no. I mean non-practising celibate. I'm only celibate when I'm not at it.
- Fran: Graphic designer. London. I feel sick on "down"escalators. You'll never get me up a rock face!
- Catherine: I'm the wife of the headmaster of a preparatory school. I have three sons, age seventeen, fifteen and fourteen. The chief emotion I feel towards all four of them is resentment.