Helen Simonson, The Summer Before The War Quotes
War does have a way of interfering with one's most closely held desires.
Most of all I remember that what begins with drums and fife, flags and bunting, becomes too swiftly a long and grey winter of the spirit.
My parents told me to marry for money, ' said her husband. 'But I chose the love of a strong woman.''And look what trouble I turned out to be, ' she said.
They sat a moment in embrace of silent mutual comfort, which was, she often thought, the reward of those long married.
