“The one thing you’ve got to be prepared to do as a parent is not to be liked from time to time.”
"If you've got to my age, you've probably had your heart broken many times. So it's not that difficult to unpack a bit of grief from some little corner of your heart and cry over it."
- Emma Thompson
Personal Growth
"We tried to have another child, it didn’t work and I went into a deep clinical depression. It’s only now that I no longer count other people’s children or judge myself harshly for not providing my daughter with a sibling."
- Emma Thompson
Adversity
"If you've got to my age, you've probably had your heart broken many times."
- Emma Thompson
Resilience
"I think books are like people, in the sense that they’ll turn up in your life when you most need them."
- Emma Thompson
Connection to Earth
"Children don’t need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear."
- Emma Thompson
Empathy
"Love sees not with the eyes, but with the heart."
- Beauty and the Beast
Love
"The spell will be broken, the Beast will cease to exist, and I will become a prince once more, if she can learn to love and be loved in return."
- Beauty and the Beast
Love
"Love is not about finding someone perfect, but about accepting their imperfections."
- Beauty and the Beast
Love
"Love can break even the most powerful of curses."
- Beauty and the Beast
Love
"Love is not a choice, but a force that binds souls together."
- Beauty and the Beast
Love