Quotes by : Jan Struther

It oughtn't to need a war to make us talk to each other in buses, and invent our own amusements in the....

This was the cream of marriage, this nightly turning out of the day's pocketful of memories, this deft....

...[Y]ou cannot successfully navigate the future unless you keep always framed beside it a small clear....

...[F]ireworks had for her a direct and magical appeal. Their attraction was more complex than that of....

It's as important to marry the right life as it is the right person.

For really it was the refinement of civilized cruelty, this spick, span, and ingenious affair of shining....

A single person is a manageable entity, whom you can either make friends with or leave alone. But half....

[M]rs. Miniver was beginning to feel more than a little weary of exchanging ideas (especially political....

Left wing...Right wing...it's so limited why doesn't it ever occur to any of them that what one is really....

...[T]he mechanics of life should never be allowed to interfere with living.

...[A] certain degree of un-understanding (not mis-, but un-) is the only possible sanctuary which one....