Jan Struther Quotes

A single person is a manageable entity, whom you can either make friends with or leave alone. But ha...

It oughtn't to need a war to make us talk to each other in buses, and invent our own amusements in t...

This was the cream of marriage, this nightly turning out of the day's pocketful of memories, this de...

[M]rs. Miniver was beginning to feel more than a little weary of exchanging ideas (especially politi...

...[T]he mechanics of life should never be allowed to interfere with living.

...[A] certain degree of un-understanding (not mis-, but un-) is the only possible sanctuary which o...

For really it was the refinement of civilized cruelty, this spick, span, and ingenious affair of shi...

It's as important to marry the right life as it is the right person.

...[F]ireworks had for her a direct and magical appeal. Their attraction was more complex than that ...

...[Y]ou cannot successfully navigate the future unless you keep always framed beside it a small cle...