Vera Brittain

"Meek wifehood is no part of my profession; / I am your friend, but never your possession."

"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."

"I 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."

"Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity."

"We should never be at the mercy of Providence if only we understood that we ourselves are Providence."