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Women's courage is rather different from men's. The fact that women have to bring up children and look after husbands makes them braver at... →
Looking back, I understand that I was teaching myself to write.
They may turn out to be a great disappointment, or perhaps they may be full of enchanting surprises.
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... →
People try much less hard to make a marriage work than they used to fifty years ago. Divorce is easier.
Of course risk-taking does not always pay off, but it's a lot of fun!
A lot of people stop short. They don't actually die but they say, 'Right I'm old, and I'm going to retire,' and then they dwindle... →
Each marriage has to be judged separately, and we never know what's going on in another person's marriage.
Rebecca is an example of how not to manage men. The rules of the game never change, it requires subtlety.
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... →
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... →
I always read that men don't like intelligent girls, but I've always found the reverse.
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... →
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