Author: Mary Wesley

Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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