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Mary Wesley Quotes: Looking back, I understand that I was teaching myself to write.
         

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


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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 they love.



I always read that men don't like intelligent girls, but I've always found the reverse.

I always read that men don't like intelligent girls, but I've always found the reverse.



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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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Rebecca is an example of how not to manage men. The rules of the game never change, it requires subtlety.



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' before going to a domestic science school.

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' before going to a domestic science school.



Unimaginative people are spared quite a lot.

Unimaginative people are spared quite a lot.



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I have a garden, and I'm passionately interested in young people.





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This page presents the quote "Looking back, I understand that I was teaching myself to write.". Author of this quote is Mary Wesley. This quote is about writing, teaching, looking back,.