The pacifist's task today is to find a method of helping and healing which provides a revolutionary constructive substitute for war.
Vera BrittainThe joys of motherhood are not excessively apparent during the first few weeks of a baby's life.
Vera BrittainI know one husband and wife who, whatever the official reasons given to the court for the break up of their marriage, were really divorced because the husband believed that nobody ought to read while he was talking and the wife that nobody ought to talk while she was reading.
Vera BrittainDefinite gifts render their possessors capable of overcoming any obstacle this side of death; they create an impetus of far more genuine value than external advantages in some other career where the impulse to make use of them remains weak or non-existent. The work that one enjoys is the greatest source of happiness and vitality in life.
Vera Brittain