Mary Wesley

A lot of people stop short. They don't actually die but they say, 'Right I'm old, and I'm going to retire,' and then they dwindle into nothing. They go off to Florida and become jolly boring. ↗

— Mary Wesley

#become #boring #die #florida #go

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

— Mary Wesley

#divorce #easier #fifty #hard #less

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

— Mary Wesley

#enchanting #full #great #may #out

Each marriage has to be judged separately, and we never know what's going on in another person's marriage. ↗

— Mary Wesley

#each #going #judged #know #marriage

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

— Mary Wesley

#i #kind #particular #particular kind #person

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

— Mary Wesley

#enemy #found #i #index #making

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

— Mary Wesley

#i #interested #passionately #people #young

I have deliberately left Sylvester and Julia's appearances to the reader's imagination. ↗

— Mary Wesley

#deliberately #i #imagination #julia #left

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

— Mary Wesley

#finished #i #know #never #really

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

— Mary Wesley

#found #i #i always #intelligent #like