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Vera Brittain was a British writer, poet, and feminist, born on December 29, 1893. She is renowned for her memoir 'Testament of Youth,' which offers a poignant account of her experiences during World War I. Brittain's writing frequently addressed women's rights and the societal impact of war. She passed away on March 29, 1970.

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Famous Vera Brittain Quotes

“For a woman as for a man, marriage might enormously help or devastatingly hinder the growth of her power to contribute something impersonally valuable to the community in which she lived, but it was not that power, and could not be regarded as an end in itself. Nor, even, were children ends in themselves; it was useless to go on producing human beings merely in order that they, in their sequence, might produce others, and never turn from this business of continuous procreation to the accomplishment of some definite and lasting piece of work.”

Source: Testament of Youth: An Autobiographical Study Of The Years 1900-1925

“However deep our devotion may be to parents or to children, it is our contemporaries alone with whom understanding is instinctive and entire.”

May Children Parent Understanding Friends Devotion

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“few things are more rewarding than a child's open uncalculating devotion.”

Children Devotion

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“belated maternity has had its compensations; small children have a habit of conferring persistent youth upon their parents, and by their eager vitality postpone the unenterprising cautions and timidities of middle age.”

Children Age Parent Middle Youth Habit Caution Persistent Vitality Middle Ages Compensation Small Child Timidity Maternity Belated

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“Babies are a nuisance, of course. But so does everything seem to be that is worth while – husbands and books and committees and being loved and everything. We have to choose between barren ease and rich unrest – or rather, one does not choose.”

Children Doe Book Seems Courses Rich Baby Husband Ease Worthwhile Committees Being Loved Nuisance Unrest

Author:Vera Brittain

About the Author

Born: December 29, 1893
Died: March 29, 1970
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 54

Books & Sources

Testament of YouthRelated source material

Testament of Youth: An Autobiographical Study Of The Years 1900-1925Related source material

On becoming a writerRelated source material

The Dark TideRelated source material

On being an authorRelated source material

Selected letters of Winifred Holtby and Vera Brittain, 1920-1935Related source material

Because You Died: Poetry and Prose of the First World War and AfterRelated source material

Lady Into Woman: A History of Women from Victoria to Elizabeth IIRelated source material

One Voice: Pacifist Writings from the Second World WarRelated source material

Testament of Friendship: The Story of Winifred HoltbyRelated source material

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