“We are minor in everything but our passions.”
Source: The Death Of The Heart
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Famous Elizabeth Bowen Quotes
“Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day.”
“Ireland is a great country to die or be married in.”
Source: Bowen's Court
“Fantasy is toxic: the private cruelty and the world war both have their start in the heated brain.”
Source: Bowen's Court & Seven Winters
“Illusions are art, for the feeling person, and it is by art that we live, if we do.”
Source: The Death Of The Heart
Source: The House In Paris
“Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought.”
Source: Collected Impressions
Source: Pictures and conversations
“I think the main thing, don't you, is to keep the show on the road.”
“Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk.”
Source: Pictures and conversations
Source: The Death Of The Heart
“There is no end to the violations committed by children on children, quietly talking alone.”
“One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.”
“Education is not so important as people think.”
Source: Bowen's Court