Winifred Holtby — English Novelist born on June 23, 1898, died on September 29, 1935

Winifred Holtby was an English novelist and journalist, best known for her novel South Riding... (wikipedia)

The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing.
The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation; it is understanding.
These are they whose youth was violently severed by war and death; a word on the telephone, a scribbled line on paper, and their future ceased. They have built up their lives again, but their safety is not absolute, their fortress not impregnable.
What a strange distance there is between ill people and well ones.