She had for so many years been trying to be like other people, that she was now like nothing in heaven or earth.
Mary WebbTo many women marriage is only this. It is merely a physical change impinging on their ordinary nature, leaving their mentality untouched, their self-possession intact. They are not burnt by even the red fire of physical passion - far less by the white fire of love.
Mary WebbIf you know much about your work - why you work, how you work, your aims - you are probably not a poet.
Mary Webb