What did Mary Wesley mean by: Looking back, I understand that I was teaching myself to write. Mary Wesley Novelist · United Kingdom Copy
+ I never really know the title of a book until it’s finished. Author, August 18, 2023January 2, 2025, Mary Wesley, Completion, Creativity, Uncertainty, 0 Mary Wesley Novelist · United Kingdom
+ Unimaginative people are spared quite a lot. Author, July 3, 2023January 2, 2025, Mary Wesley, Creativity, Relief, Simplicity, 0 Mary Wesley Novelist · United Kingdom
Of course risk-taking does not always pay off, but it’s a lot of fun! Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Mary Wesley, Fun, Outcome, Risk, 0 Mary Wesley Novelist · United Kingdom
+ We all lie to each other, present some sort of front. Author, September 6, 2023January 2, 2025, Mary Wesley, Deception, Dishonesty, Facade, 0 Mary Wesley Novelist · United Kingdom
I always read that men don’t like intelligent girls, but I’ve always found the reverse. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Mary Wesley, Attraction, Gender, Intelligence, 0 Mary Wesley Novelist · United Kingdom
They may turn out to be a great disappointment, or perhaps they may be full of enchanting surprises. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Mary Wesley, Disappointment, Surprises, Uncertainty, 0 Mary Wesley Novelist · United Kingdom
It seemed sensible to move to a market town where I could walk everywhere. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Mary Wesley, Convenience, Lifestyle, Location, 0 Mary Wesley Novelist · United Kingdom
The course of a river is almost always disapproved of by the source. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Mirrors would do well to reflect a little more before sending back images. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Watch yourself all your life in a mirror and you’ll see Death at work like bees in a glass hive. Jean Cocteau Artist · France