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“Curiosity is the only thing that really carries through time, isn't it? The creative curiosity, I mean, which fights its way into expression?”

Book:Innocence and experience: stories

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Innocence and experience: stories

This book compiles a variety of short stories that delve into the complexities of human nature, examining the transition from innocence to experience through various narrative perspectives. more

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Phyllis Bottome

Phyllis Bottome was a Canadian-born British novelist celebrated for her popular historical and romantic novels. Born on May 31, 1884, and passing away on August 22, 1963, Bottome's works were characterized by complex characters and intricate plots, which garnered her a significant readership during her lifetime. more

“all daughters, even when most aggravated by their mothers, have a secret respect for them. They believe perhaps that they can do everything better than their mothers can, and many things they can do better, but they have not yet lived long enough to be sure how successfully they will meet the major emergencies of life, which lie, sometimes quite creditably, behind their mothers.”

Believe Long Sometimes Enough Lying Mother Can Do Secret Behinds Majors Daughter Emergencies Aggravated

Author:Phyllis Bottome

“death ... is not a great affair! Think - it happens once only - to each of us - as birth does. What do you know about being born? that - and no more - will you know about the act of death.”

Thinking Knows Doe Happens Born Birth Affair Do You Know

Book:The Mortal Storm

Source: The Mortal Storm

“A desire that has never been fulfilled is considerably less acute than one that has been fulfilled and then checked at the source.”

Has Beens Desire Source Fulfilled

Author:Phyllis Bottome

“There is no thermometer for wants!”

Want Desire Thermometers