Quotes from True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole

Sue Townsend ·  163 pages

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“A. MOLE’S SCONES Ingredients 4 oz flour or metric equivalent 2 oz butter or metric equivalent 2 oz sugar or metric equivalent 1 egg (eggs are still only eggs) Method Beat up all the ingredients. Make a tin greasy, throw it all in. Turn oven to number 5. Wait until scones are higher than they were. Should be 12 minutes, but keep opening oven door every 30 seconds.”
― Sue Townsend, quote from True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole


“I’ve been a bit worried about my maleness lately, somewhere along the line I seem to have picked up too many female hormones.”
― Sue Townsend, quote from True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole


About the author

Sue Townsend
Born place: in Leicester, The United Kingdom
Born date April 2, 1946
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