Author: Mary Wesley

Quotes

We're all like children. We may think we grow up, but to me, being grown up is death, stopping thinking, trying to find out things, going on learning.

We're all like children. We may think we grow up, but to me, being grown up is death, stopping thinking, trying to find out things, going on learning.

- 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

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

Rebecca is an example of how not to manage men. The rules of the game never change, it requires subtlety.

Rebecca is an example of how not to manage men. The rules of the game never change, it requires subtlety.

- 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

People try much less hard to make a marriage work than they used to fifty years ago. Divorce is easier.

People try much less hard to make a marriage work than they used to fifty years ago. Divorce is easier.

- 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

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

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

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