Quotes by Bowen, Elizabeth

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostiliti >>

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies. >>

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

Quotations about Absence

The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials >>

No more we meet in yonder bowers Absence has made me prone to roving; >>

A short absence is the safest. >>

The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends. The friend becomes a traitor by breaking, however unwillingly or sadly, out of our own zone: a hard judgment is passed on him, for all the pleas of the heart.

Bowen, Elizabeth