It is probably true to say that the largest scope for change still lies in men's attitude to women, and in women's attitude to themselves.
Vera BrittainSo many people seem to imagine that because the actual tools of writing are easily accessible, it is less difficult than the other arts. This is entirely an illusion.
Vera BrittainAn author who waits for the right 'mood' will soon find that 'moods' get fewer and fewer until they cease altogether.
Vera BrittainThe joys of motherhood are not excessively apparent during the first few weeks of a baby's life.
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