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People try much less hard to make a marriage work than they used to fifty years ago. Divorce is easier.

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Rebecca is an example of how not to manage men. The rules of the game never change, it requires subtlety.

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Twenty years ago, I was living in a lovely cottage on the edge of Dartmoor but I couldn't afford to run a car.

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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 they love.

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We all lie to each other, present some sort of front.

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We're all like children. We may think we grow up, but to me, being grown up is death, stopping thinking, trying to find out things, going on learning.

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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.

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Writing Part of the Scenery has been a very different experience. I have been reminded of people and events, real and imaginary which have been part of my life. This book is a celebration of the land which means so much to me.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Novelist

Born: June 24th, 1912

Died: December 30th, 2002

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