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> [I know one husband and wife who, whatever the official reasons given to the court for the break up of their marriage, were really divorced because the husband believed that nobody ought to read while he was talking and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-brittain/i-know-one-husband-and-wife-who-whatever-the-official-reasons-given/)

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

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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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