Author: Elizabeth Bowen

Quotes

Nobody speaks the truth when there is something they must have.

Nobody speaks the truth when there is something they must have.

- Elizabeth Bowen

Nobody can be kinder than the narcissist while you react to life in his own terms.

Nobody can be kinder than the narcissist while you react to life in his own terms.

- Elizabeth Bowen

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

- Elizabeth Bowen

Never to lie is to have no lock on your door, you are never wholly alone.

Never to lie is to have no lock on your door, you are never wholly alone.

- 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

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

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

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

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