Author: Mary Wesley

Quotes

My father was a soldier and my mother was a great mover. She once counted up how many places she had lived in during the first 25 years of her marriage and it came to 20.

My father was a soldier and my mother was a great mover. She once counted up how many places she had lived in during the first 25 years of her marriage and it came to 20.

- Mary Wesley

They may turn out to be a great disappointment, or perhaps they may be full of enchanting surprises.

They may turn out to be a great disappointment, or perhaps they may be full of enchanting surprises.

- Mary Wesley

I was sent to a finishing school, which didn't last long when mother found out how badly chaperoned we were. Then I 'came out' before going to a domestic science school.

I was sent to a finishing school, which didn't last long when mother found out how badly chaperoned we were. Then I 'came out' before going to a domestic science school.

- Mary Wesley

Twenty years ago, I was living in a lovely cottage on the edge of Dartmoor but I couldn't afford to run a car.

Twenty years ago, I was living in a lovely cottage on the edge of Dartmoor but I couldn't afford to run a car.

- Mary Wesley

That image of the countryside being a threatening place still exists. People continue to resist the challenge of learning about aspects of life they don't understand.

That image of the countryside being a threatening place still exists. People continue to resist the challenge of learning about aspects of life they don't understand.

- Mary Wesley

I have deliberately left Sylvester and Julia's appearances to the reader's imagination.

I have deliberately left Sylvester and Julia's appearances to the reader's imagination.

- Mary Wesley

Unimaginative people are spared quite a lot. They're often much happier, because they don't go through all the variety of conceptions of the person they love.

Unimaginative people are spared quite a lot. They're often much happier, because they don't go through all the variety of conceptions of the person they love.

- Mary Wesley

Each marriage has to be judged separately, and we never know what's going on in another person's marriage.

Each marriage has to be judged separately, and we never know what's going on in another person's marriage.

- Mary Wesley

I always read that men don't like intelligent girls, but I've always found the reverse.

I always read that men don't like intelligent girls, but I've always found the reverse.

- Mary Wesley

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