The Caxley Chronicles Quotes

“Or was it perhaps an unconscious desire to snatch at happiness while it was still there? After the grim aftermath of the war, and the grimmer times of the early thirties, the present conditions seemed sweet. Who could blame people for living for the present?”
― Miss Read, The Caxley Chronicles: A Poignant Literary Family Saga of Friendship Tested by War in 20th Century England

“But the spirit of the people was high, and many of the women were tasting independence for the first time. They set off daily to munitions factories or shops, enjoying company and the heady pleasure of earning money of their own. They did not intend to throw this freedom away when the war ended. As they worked they talked and laughed, as they had never done cooped up in their own homes, and snippets of news about local fighting men were always the first to be exchanged.”
― Miss Read, The Caxley Chronicles: A Poignant Literary Family Saga of Friendship Tested by War in 20th Century England