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> [“Could I write an autobiographical novel, I wonder? Can one make a book out of the very essence of one's self? Perhaps so, if one was left with one's gift stripped bare of all that made it worth having, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-brittain/could-i-write-an-autobiographical-novel-i-wonder-can-one-make-a-book/)

[Vera Brittain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-brittain/)

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## Other authors on Autobiographical

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## More by Vera Brittain

> [“At this time of the year it seems that everything ought to be creative, not destructive, and that we should encourage things to live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-brittain/at-this-time-of-the-year-it-seems-that-everything-ought-to-be/)

[Vera Brittain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-brittain/)

> [“Mother says that people like me just become intellectual old maids,' I told him. 'I don't see why,' he protested. 'Oh, well, it's probably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-brittain/mother-says-that-people-like-me-just-become-intellectual-old-maids-i/)

[Vera Brittain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-brittain/)

> [“It is quite impossible to understand,’ I commented afterwards, ‘how we can be such strong individualists, so insistent on the rights and claims of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-brittain/it-is-quite-impossible-to-understand-i-commented-afterwards-how-we/)

[Vera Brittain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-brittain/)

> [Babies are a nuisance, of course. But so does everything seem to be that is worth while – husbands and books and committees and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-brittain/babies-are-a-nuisance-of-course-but-so-does-everything-seem-to-be/)

[Vera Brittain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-brittain/)

> [All that a pacifist can undertake -- but it is a very great deal -- is to refuse to kill, injure or otherwise cause…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-brittain/all-that-a-pacifist-can-undertake-but-it-is-a-very-great-deal-is-to/)

[Vera Brittain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-brittain/)

> [An author who waits for the right 'mood' will soon find that 'moods' get fewer and fewer until they cease altogether.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-brittain/an-author-who-waits-for-the-right-mood-will-soon-find-that-moods-get/)

[Vera Brittain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-brittain/)

> [ “\[I\] wondered if he was looking up at that same moon, far away, and thinking of me as I was thinking of him.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-brittain/i-wondered-if-he-was-looking-up-at-that-same-moon-far-away-and/)

[Vera Brittain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-brittain/)

> [Why, I wonder, do people who at one time or another have all been young themselves, and who ought therefore to know better, generalize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-brittain/why-i-wonder-do-people-who-at-one-time-or-another-have-all-been-young/)

[Vera Brittain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-brittain/)

> [Venice is all sea and sculpture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-brittain/venice-is-all-sea-and-sculpture/)

[Vera Brittain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-brittain/)

> [We should never be at the mercy of Providence if only we understood that we ourselves are Providence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-brittain/we-should-never-be-at-the-mercy-of-providence-if-only-we-understood/)

[Vera Brittain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-brittain/)

> [I wish those people who write so glibly about this being a holy war and the orators who talk so much about going on,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-brittain/i-wish-those-people-who-write-so-glibly-about-this-being-a-holy-war/)

[Vera Brittain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-brittain/)

> [College is a secluded life of scholastic vegetation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-brittain/college-is-a-secluded-life-of-scholastic-vegetation/)

[Vera Brittain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-brittain/)

> [Meek wifehood is no part of my profession; / I am your friend, but never your possession.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-brittain/meek-wifehood-is-no-part-of-my-profession-i-am-your-friend-but-never/)

[Vera Brittain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-brittain/)

> [“Could I write an autobiographical novel, I wonder? Can one make a book out of the very essence of one's self? Perhaps so, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-brittain/could-i-write-an-autobiographical-novel-i-wonder-can-one-make-a-book/)

[Vera Brittain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-brittain/)

> [most of us have to be self-righteous before we can be righteous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-brittain/most-of-us-have-to-be-self-righteous-before-we-can-be-righteous/)

[Vera Brittain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-brittain/)

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