Nevertheless, hateful as saying 'No' always is to an imaginative person, and certain as the offence may be that it will cause to individuals whose own work does not require isolated effort, the writer who is engaged on a book… — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
Most men, whether men or women, wish above all else to be comfortable, and thought is a pre-eminently uncomfortable process; it brings to the individual far more suffering than happiness in a semi-civilised world which still goes to war. — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
“At this time of the year it seems that everything ought to be creative, not destructive, and that we should encourage things to live… — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
“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… — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
“It is quite impossible to understand,’ I commented afterwards, ‘how we can be such strong individualists, so insistent on the rights and claims of… — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
Babies are a nuisance, of course. But so does everything seem to be that is worth while – husbands and books and committees and… — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
All that a pacifist can undertake -- but it is a very great deal -- is to refuse to kill, injure or otherwise cause… — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
An author who waits for the right 'mood' will soon find that 'moods' get fewer and fewer until they cease altogether. — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
“[I] wondered if he was looking up at that same moon, far away, and thinking of me as I was thinking of him.” — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
Why, I wonder, do people who at one time or another have all been young themselves, and who ought therefore to know better, generalize… — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
We should never be at the mercy of Providence if only we understood that we ourselves are Providence. — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
I wish those people who write so glibly about this being a holy war and the orators who talk so much about going on,… — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
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