It's not a one-way trip men persuade women, human beings manage each other. Now it's called manipulation. We manage our children.
More Quotes from Mary Wesley:
Twenty years ago, I was living in a lovely cottage on the edge of Dartmoor but I couldn't afford to run a car.Mary Wesley
You know what it's like to persuade a pigheaded child to do something they don't want to. If they hear the same suggestion from someone else, they'll go right off and do it.
Mary Wesley
I was sent to a finishing school, which didn't last long when mother found out how badly chaperoned we were. Then I 'came out' before going to a domestic science school.
Mary Wesley
I always read that men don't like intelligent girls, but I've always found the reverse.
Mary Wesley
Women's courage is rather different from men's. The fact that women have to bring up children and look after husbands makes them braver at facing long-term issues, such as illness. Men are more immediately courageous. Lots of people are brave in battle.
Mary Wesley
I don't write for any particular kind of person.
Mary Wesley
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