You know what it’s like to persuade a pigheaded child to do something they don’t want to. If they hear the same suggestion from someone else, they’ll go right off and do it. Mary Wesley Read Quote
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. Mary Wesley Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I have deliberately left Sylvester and Julia’s appearances to the reader’s imagination. Mary Wesley Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Rebecca is an example of how not to manage men. The rules of the game never change, it requires subtlety. Mary Wesley Read Quote
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 Read Quote
