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 m...”

“They may turn out to be a great disappointment, or perhaps they may be full of enchanting surprises.”

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

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

“Unimaginative people are spared quite a lot. They're often much happier, because they don't go through all the variety of conceptions of the person they love.”