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Mary Wesley

British Novelist

Born: Jun 24, 1912

Died: Dec 30, 2002

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A lot of people stop short. They don't actually die but they say, 'Right I'm old, and I'm going to retire,' and then they dwindle into nothing. They go off to Florida and become jolly boring. Mary Wesley

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

Marriage Never Know Judged Another Person Going Separately Each

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

Men Girl Like Read Always Reverse Intelligent Found

I found out only recently that we were making an index of enemy code signs. Mary Wesley

Enemy Signs Out Only Making Were Code Found Recently

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

Imagination Deliberately Reader Julia Left Appearances

I remember the evacuee children from towns and cities throwing stones at the farm animals. When we explained that if you did that you wouldn't have any milk, meat or eggs, they soon learned to respect the animals. Mary Wesley

You Respect Remember Animals Farm Cities Throwing Soon Towns Learned Did Eggs Stones Any Children Explained Meat Milk

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

Science School Mother Long Before Out Finishing Badly How Came Were Domestic Going Which Sent Then Found Last

It was pretty awful for us children because we never really knew the local children. Mother was keen for us to learn languages, so our travels took us to France and Italy, as well as the West Country. 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. Mary Wesley

Great Marriage Mother Father First Once Soldier Counted Had She How Came Years Up Places Many Lived Her

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

Car Edge Living Run Cottage Years Years Ago Afford Lovely Twenty

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

Women's courage is rather different from men's. The fact that women have to bring up children and look after husbands makes them braver at facing long-term issues, such as illness. Men are more immediately courageous. Lots of people are brave in battle. Mary Wesley

Courage Women Battle People Men Immediately Husbands Rather More Facing Fact Long-Term Look Courageous Makes Issues Lots Up Brave Braver Children Different After Them Illness Bring

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