[ elizabeth bowen Quotes ]

Showing search results for Elizabeth Bowen Quotes - 12 quotations by Elizabeth Bowen - Dictionary Quotes

12 quotes

Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends.
Absence
Elizabeth Bowen

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 837 votes

Art is the only thing that can go on mattering, once it has stopped hurting.
Arts and Artists
Elizabeth Bowen

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 857 votes

Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day.
Seasons
Elizabeth Bowen

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 844 votes

Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.
Fate
Elizabeth Bowen

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 781 votes

It is not our exalted feelings, it is our sentiments that build the necessary home.
Emotions
Elizabeth Bowen

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 869 votes

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.
Jealousy
Elizabeth Bowen

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 890 votes

Never to lie is to have no lock to your door, you are never wholly alone.
Lies and Lying
Elizabeth Bowen

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 737 votes

Nobody can be kinder than the narcissist while you react to life in his own terms.
Conceit
Elizabeth Bowen

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 885 votes

Nobody speaks the truth when there's something they must have.
Lies and Lying
Elizabeth Bowen

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 886 votes

Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.
Lovers
Elizabeth Bowen

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 902 votes

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.
Growth
Elizabeth Bowen

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 852 votes

When you love someone all your saved-up wishes start coming out.
Love
Elizabeth Bowen

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 777 votes

Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun