Victoria Bennison

“Life does often get in the way of one's reading.”
― Helen Simonson, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

“You get no writing done at all if you sit at a table with a view. You'd spent the whole time watching the birds or thinking about what you would like to be doing out of doors, instead of flogging yourself to work out of sheer boredom.”
― Mary Stewart, Thornyhold

“Men these days expect their wives to be as dazzling as their mistresses.”

That's shocking," said the Major. "How on earth will they tell them apart?”
― Helen Simonson, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

“You are a wise man, Major, and I will consider your advice with great care—and humility." He finished his tea and rose from the table to go to his room. "But I must ask you, do you really understand what it means to be in love with an unsuitable woman?"

"My dear boy," said the Major. "Is there really any other kind?”
― Helen Simonson, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand