Elizabeth Bowen
Quotes by Elizabeth Bowen
Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.
— Elizabeth Bowen
There is no end to the violations committed by children on children, quietly talking alone.
— Elizabeth Bowen
Never to lie is to have no lock on your door, you are never wholly alone.
— Elizabeth Bowen
Education is not so important as people think.
— Elizabeth Bowen
Experience isn't interesting until it begins to repeat itself. In fact, till it does that, it hardly is experience.
— Elizabeth Bowen
Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope it is impossible.
— Elizabeth Bowen
When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out.
— Elizabeth Bowen
Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day.
— Elizabeth Bowen
Fantasy is toxic: the private cruelty and the world war both have their start in the heated brain.
— Elizabeth Bowen
Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk.
— Elizabeth Bowen