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Mary Wesley

"Twenty years ago, I was living in a lovely cottage on the edge of Dartmoor but I couldn't afford to run a car."

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"Twenty years ago, I was living in a lovely cottage on the edge of Dartmoor but I couldn't afford to run a car."

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"Stay humble. Always answer your phone - no matter who else is in the car."

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"Campaign behavior for wives: Always be on time. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Lean back in the parade car so everybody can see the president."

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"My first husband would never make up his mind in less than five years, so I used to get him to think that whatever course of action needed to be taken was his idea. Then he'd go right ahead."

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"They may turn out to be a great disappointment, or perhaps they may be full of enchanting surprises."

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"Looking back, I understand that I was teaching myself to write."

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"I have deliberately left Sylvester and Julia's appearances to the reader's imagination."

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"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."

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"Writing Part of the Scenery has been a very different experience. I have been reminded of people and events, real and imaginary which have been part of my life. This book is a celebration of the land which means so much to me."

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"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 my life, one imagines the person to be as you want them to be. They frequently turn out to be someone different, for better or worse."

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"People try much less hard to make a marriage work than they used to fifty years ago. Divorce is easier."

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"We all lie to each other, present some sort of front."

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"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 things, going on learning."

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