Author: Elizabeth Bowen

Quotes

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

There is no end to the violations committed by children on children, quietly talking alone.

There is no end to the violations committed by children on children, quietly talking alone.

- Elizabeth Bowen

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

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

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

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

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

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