Mary Wesley Quotes

Mary Wesley — British Novelist born on June 24, 1912, died on December 30, 2002

Mary Wesley, CBE was an English novelist. During her career, she was one of Britain's most successful novelists, selling three million copies of her books, including 10 bestsellers in the last 20 years of her life... (wikipedia)

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.

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

Writing Part of the Scenery has been a very different experience. I have been reminded of people and events, real and imaginary which have been part of my life. This book is a celebration of the land which means so much to me.

Of course risk-taking does not always pay off, but it's a lot of fun!

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