Jan Struther Quotes

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For to love, loveless, is a bitter pill:
But to be loved, unloving, bitterer still.

Jan Struther

Giving a party is very like having a baby: its conception is more fun than its completion, and once you have begun it is almost impossible to stop.

Jan Struther

How much of the fun of parenthood lay in watching the children remake, with delighted wonder, one's own discoveries.

Jan Struther

O love's a simple word to say
With nature aiding and abetting;

Jan Struther

Then say–how come the years to seem so swift,
The days, the days so slow?

Jan Struther

To achieve unity without uniformity is the whole essence of the democratic way of life.

Jan Struther

Constructive destruction is one of the most delightful employments in the world, and in civilized life the opportunities for it are only too rare.

Jan Struther

Jan Struther

Jan Struther

Born: June 6, 1901

Died: July 20, 1953 (aged 52)

Bio: Jan Struther was the pen name of Joyce Anstruther, later Joyce Maxtone Graham and finally Joyce Placzek, an English writer remembered for her character Mrs. Miniver and a number of hymns, such as "Lord of All Hopefulness".

Known for:

Mrs. Miniver (1939)
Women of Britain (1941)
Try Anything Twice: Essays and Sketches (1938)
Try Anything Twice (1938)
The Queen's Book of the Red Cross

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