Amy Levy Quotes

Essayist

Amy Levy, an English essayist, was born on November 10, 1861, and passed away on September 10, 1889. Her works are known for their sharp psychological insights and profound depiction of women's lives in the late 19th century.

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Famous Amy Levy Quotes

“Isn't it rather a strain on friendship,' answered Phyllis, shrewdly, 'when two sets of our friends become acquainted, and seem to prefer one another to us, the old and tried and trusty friend of each?”

Friends Friendships

Book:The Romance of a Shop

Source: The Romance of a Shop

“Only a plank---a plank between them and the pitiless, fathomless ocean on which they had set out with such unknowing fearlessness; into whose boiling depths hundreds sank daily and disappeared, never to rise again.”

Life Life Lessons Life And Living

Book:The Romance of a Shop

Source: The Romance of a Shop

“That she had been brought face to face with the sterner side of life, had lost some illusions, suffered some pain, she did not regret. It seemed to her that she had not paid too great a price for the increased reality of her present existence.”

Life Reality Existence Determination Hardships

Book:The Romance of a Shop

Source: The Romance of a Shop

“There will be strange ebbs and flows in the tide of race feelings.”

Feelings Race Strange Flow Bigotry Tides Ebb And Flow

Author:Amy Levy

“A lover may be a shadowy creature, but husbands are made of flesh and blood”

May Made Blood Lovers Husband Creatures Flesh Alaska Flesh And Blood

Book:Reuben Sachs: A Sketch

Source: Reuben Sachs: A Sketch

“We are no more content to plod along the beaten paths - and so marriage must go the way of God.”

Way Path Walking Beaten Beaten Path

Book:Reuben Sachs: A Sketch

Source: Reuben Sachs: A Sketch

About the Author

Born: November 10, 1861
Died: September 10, 1889
Known for: Essayist
Quotes: 6

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