Jane Hawking Quotes

Jane Hawking

Profession : Author

Birth : March 29, 1944

My generation of women was the last for whom marriage and a family were the goal.

Jane Hawking

Stephen's the great survivor, isn't he? He just goes on and on.

Jane Hawking

The family and Stephen were my reason for being. Without that, I felt I was nothing.

Jane Hawking

We met in our hometown of St. Albans when I had just left school and Stephen was starting his Ph.D. studies in Cambridge.

Jane Hawking

We were under scrutiny when Stephen became rich and famous. The media were in the house, and camera leads were absolutely everywhere - it was just nightmarish.

Jane Hawking

Intellectually, Stephen was a towering giant. Bodily, he was as helpless as a newborn. The functions I fulfilled were all maternal rather than marital.

Jane Hawking

Just because you can no longer have a physical relationship with someone doesn't mean you don't love them.

Jane Hawking

In a sense, I am achieving what I set out to do - to devote myself to Stephen, to give him the chance of fulfilling his genius. But what have I become in the process? Who am I? What is there left of me? I am beginning to doubt my own identity.

Jane Hawking

As Stephen's fame began to take off in a big way, and because he was so immersed in physics, it was becoming more and more difficult to communicate with him.

Jane Hawking

Stephen could be highly critical of people other than his closest relatives... He considered my friends to be easy victims and had no compunction in monopolizing the conversation at parties with his controversial opinions.

Jane Hawking

I loved Stephen so much that nothing could deter me from wanting to marry him.

Jane Hawking