Meek wifehood is no part of my profession; / I am your friend, but never your possession.
Vera BrittainWe should never be at the mercy of Providence if only we understood that we ourselves are Providence.
Vera BrittainAn author who waits for the right 'mood' will soon find that 'moods' get fewer and fewer until they cease altogether.
Vera BrittainI wish those people who write so glibly about this being a holy war and the orators who talk so much about going on, no matter how long the war lasts and what it may mean, could see a case of musterd gas - the poor things burnt and blistered all over with great musterd coloured suppurating blisters, with blind eyes, all sticky and stuck together, and always fighting for breath, with voices a mere whisper, saying their throats are closing and they know they will choke.
Vera Brittain