Mary Wesley Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I never really know the title of a book until it's finished.”

“Imagination which comes into play in falling in love is different from any other. Certainly in my case, and I've fallen in love all my life, one imagines the person to be as you want them to be. They frequently turn out to be someone different, for better or worse.”

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

“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.”

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

“We all lie to each other, present some sort of front.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I don't write for any particular kind of person.”

“I have a garden, and I'm passionately interested in young people.”