I remember the evacuee children from towns and cities throwing stones at the farm animals. When we explained that if you did that you wouldn't have any milk, meat or eggs, they soon learned to respect the animals. — Mary Wesley Copy Share Image
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… — Mary Wesley Copy Share Image
My first husband would never make up his mind in less than five years, so I used to get him to think that whatever… — Mary Wesley Copy Share Image
I was sent to a finishing school, which didn't last long when mother found out how badly chaperoned we were. Then I 'came out'… — Mary Wesley Copy Share Image
Imagination which comes into play in falling in love is different from any other. Certainly in my case, and I've fallen in love all… — Mary Wesley Copy Share Image
It seemed sensible to move to a market town where I could walk everywhere. — Mary Wesley Copy Share Image
They may turn out to be a great disappointment, or perhaps they may be full of enchanting surprises. — Mary Wesley Copy Share Image
I always read that men don't like intelligent girls, but I've always found the reverse. — Mary Wesley Copy Share Image
That image of the countryside being a threatening place still exists. People continue to resist the challenge of learning about aspects of life they… — Mary Wesley Copy Share Image
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… — Mary Wesley Copy Share Image
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… — Mary Wesley Copy Share Image