My dad's a very sensitive man, but as the archetypal rebellious teenager, I didn't realise that.

Does anyone really go into nursing intending to be apathetic, cold and removed from suffering? I find that very difficult to believe.

Once you get labelled, people expect you to behave within the very narrow confines of that label.

I used to do bell ringing in Benenden church. It was really good fun, actually. My best friend's dad was the local vicar, and so it was expected as her best friend that I would go to church every Sunday with her.

I think it's difficult, if you're a quite private person like I am, to write about your life very intimately.

I was very rebellious.