Constructive destruction is one of the most delightful employments in the world, and in civilized life the opportunities for it are only too rare.
Jan StrutherIt seemed to her sometimes that the most important thing about marriage was not a home or children or a remedy against sin, but simply there being always an eye to catch.
Jan Strutherhow much of the fun of parenthood lay in watching the children remake, with delighted wonder, one's own discoveries.
Jan StrutherNot that she didn't enjoy the holidays: but she always felt-and it was, perhaps, the measure of her peculiar happiness-a little relieved when they were over. Her normal life pleased her so well that she was half afraid to step out of its frame in case one day she should find herself unable to get back.
Jan Struther