Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology. - Rebecca West

It seemed certain that Mrs Morpurgo must be kind and noble, for her husband said she was beautiful, and no beautiful woman would have married such an ugly man, had she not valued goodness above everything.

So I committed this horrible offense of treating my husband as if what strangers saw counted, which destroys the whole purpose of marriage, which betrays the trust which is the real point of marriage.

Mamma was aware that there were many people who read what she called trashy books, but it was news to her that there were people who read nothing at all.