Jan Struther

Jan Struther was the pen name of Joyce Anstruther, later Joyce Maxtone Graham and finally Joyce Placzek (6 June 1901 – 20 July 1953), an English writer remembered for her character Mrs. Miniver and a number of hymns, including Lord of All Hopefulness and When a Knight won his Spurs.

Quotes

 * O love's a simple word to say With nature aiding and abetting;
 * LONDON LOVERS, BETSINDA DANCES AND OTHER POEMS


 * For to love, loveless, is a bitter pill: But to be loved, unloving, bitterer still.
 * THE CHOICE, BETSINDA DANCES AND OTHER POEMS


 * And I am a mockery, who was God before.
 * AGE, BETSINDA DANCES AND OTHER POEMS


 * Then say–how come the years to seem so swift, The days, the days so slow?
 * A PARADOX, BETSINDA DANCES AND OTHER POEMS


 * Come, let us wage a holy war!
 * BALLADE OF VANISHING WILD FLOWERS, BETSINDA DANCES AND OTHER POEMS


 * Now heaven be thanked, I am out of love again! I have been long a slave, and now am free;
 * FREEDOM, BETSINDA DANCES AND OTHER POEMS


 * To be entirely at leisure for one day is to be for one day an immortal:
 * The New Car, Mrs. Miniver


 * In childhood the daylight always fails too soon -- except when there are going to be fireworks;
 * Guy Fawkes' Day, Mrs. Miniver


 * She noted with delight that he really did say "Ha!" This made a valuable addition to her collection. She had lately acquired a "Humph!" and two "Whews!" but she was still waiting in vain for a "Pshaw!"
 * The Eve of the Shoot, Mrs. Miniver