Imagination which comes into play in falling in love is different from any other. Certainly in my case, and I've fallen in love all my life, one imag…

- Mary Wesley

A lot of people stop short. They don't actually die but they say, 'Right I'm old, and I'm going to retire,' and then they dwindle into nothing. They …

- Mary Wesley

Unimaginative people are spared quite a lot.

- Mary Wesley

I don't write for any particular kind of person.

- Mary Wesley

I always read that men don't like intelligent girls, but I've always found the reverse.

- Mary Wesley

That image of the countryside being a threatening place still exists. People continue to resist the challenge of learning about aspects of life they …

- Mary Wesley

Unimaginative people are spared quite a lot. They're often much happier, because they don't go through all the variety of conceptions of the person t…

- Mary Wesley

Of course risk-taking does not always pay off, but it's a lot of fun!

- Mary Wesley

In my eighties, my best friends are in their fifties, and I have many friends at university. It keeps one young, and up with the vocabulary. That's t…

- Mary Wesley