Author: Elizabeth Bowen

Quotes

If you look at life one way, there is always cause for alarm.

If you look at life one way, there is always cause for alarm.

- Elizabeth Bowen

Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day.

Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day.

- Elizabeth Bowen

That is partly why women marry - to keep up the fiction of being in the hub of things.

That is partly why women marry - to keep up the fiction of being in the hub of things.

- Elizabeth Bowen

Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.

Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.

- Elizabeth Bowen

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

- Elizabeth Bowen

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

- Elizabeth Bowen

Art is one thing that can go on mattering once it has stopped hurting.

Art is one thing that can go on mattering once it has stopped hurting.

- Elizabeth Bowen

Illusions are art, for the feeling person, and it is by art that we live, if we do.

Illusions are art, for the feeling person, and it is by art that we live, if we do.

- Elizabeth Bowen

Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk.

Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk.

- Elizabeth Bowen

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