Help Me Find a Vera Brittain Quote

February 26, 2009 10:21 AM

I am looking for an exact quote by Vera Brittain which I believe is from Testament of Youth. The gist of the quote is "Thinking is work, and people have to learn to appreciate thinking."

As of yet, I have not been able to locate it. Does anyone know the exact quote, or possibly remember it better than I do?

posted by Modus Pwnens to writing & language (5 comments total)

I just searched the text of Testament of Youth on Google Books for "work" and got nothing like what you quote. Good luck finding it!
posted by languagehat at 11:19 AM on February 26

Is this it? (About a third of the way down the page.)
posted by bricoleur at 11:53 AM on February 26

Bricoleur, may you live to be a thousand years old!
posted by Modus Pwnens at 4:43 PM on February 26

Well, languagehat opened the door and I walked though it, but, you're very welcome.
posted by bricoleur at 6:26 PM on February 26

I meant "through." of course
posted by bricoleur at 6:37 PM on February 26