Quotes by Bowen, Elizabeth

Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is imp >>

All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted; when >>

It is not our exalted feelings, it is our sentiments that build the ne >>

Quotations about Lies and Lying

Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering. >>

As one knows the poet by his fine music, so one can recognize the liar >>

Each day a few more lies eat into the seed with which we are born, lit >>

Nobody speaks the truth when there's something they must have.

Bowen, Elizabeth