Vera Brittain

The best prose is written by authors who see their universe with a poet’s eyes.

The pacifist's task today is to find a method of helping and healing which provides a revolutionary constructive substitute for war.

It never seems to occur to anybody that some women may not want to find husbands.

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.

Modern war and modern civilisation are utterly incompatible...one or the other must go.