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Elizabeth Bowen
Some people are...
Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.
Source:...
One can live...
One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.
Source: The Heat of the...
Silences have a...
Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak.
Source: The House in Paris,...
Experience isn't interesting...
Experience isn't interesting till it begins to repeat itself - in fact, till it does that, it hardly is...
Jealousy is no...
Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.
Source: The House...
Autumn arrives in...
Autumn arrives in the early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day.
No object is...
No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye.
Source: The House in Paris,...
Art is the...
Art is the only thing that can go on mattering once it has stopped hurting.
Source:...
I suppose art...
I suppose art is the only thing that can go on mattering once it has stopped hurting.
All your youth...
All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted; when you find it taken for granted, you are...
If you look...
If you look at life one way, there is always cause for alarm.
Source: The Death of...
Illusions are art,...
Illusions are art, for the feeling person, and it is by art that we live, if we do.
Meeting people unlike...
Meeting people unlike oneself does not enlarge one's outlook; it only confirms one's idea that one is...
Let's face it...
Let's face it -- who ever is adequate? We all create situations each other can't live up to, then break our hearts at...
Fate is not...
Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.
Source: The House in Paris, 1936
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Some people are...
Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.
Source:...
One can live...
One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.
Source: The Heat of the...
Silences have a...
Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak.
Source: The House in Paris,...
Experience isn't interesting...
Experience isn't interesting till it begins to repeat itself - in fact, till it does that, it hardly is...
Jealousy is no...
Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.
Source: The House...
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