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Elizabeth Bowen quotes

Irish Novelist June 7, 1899 – February 22, 1973

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Elizabeth Bowen quote: "But to be quite oneself one must first waste a little time."
But to be quite oneself one must first waste a little time. Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen quote: "A living dog's better than a dead lion."
A living dog's better than a dead lion. Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen quote: "No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye."
No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye. Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen quote: "That is partly why women marry - to keep up the fiction of..."
That is partly why women marry - to keep up the fiction of being in the hub of things. Elizabeth Bowen
I became, and remain, my characters' close and intent watcher: their director, never. Their creator I cannot feel that I was, or am. Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen quote: "At Spezia when I am angry I go full of smoke inside, but when..."
At Spezia when I am angry I go full of smoke inside, but when you make me angry I see everything. Elizabeth Bowen
A smell of sandalwood boxes, a kind of glaze on the air from all the chintzes numbed his earthy vitality, he became all ribs and uniform. Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen quote: "Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak."
Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak. Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen quote: "You must show him your monkey: I am sure he will like that."
You must show him your monkey: I am sure he will like that. Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen quote: "Ireland is a great country to die or be married in."
Ireland is a great country to die or be married in. Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen quote: "All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for..."
All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted; when you find it taken for granted, you are unnerved. Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen quote: "The innocent are so few that two of them seldom meet—when they..."
The innocent are so few that two of them seldom meet—when they do, their victims lie strewn around. Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen quote: "the slight sense of degeneracy induced by reading novels..."
the slight sense of degeneracy induced by reading novels before luncheon Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen quote: "Meeting people unlike oneself does not enlarge one's outlook;..."
Meeting people unlike oneself does not enlarge one's outlook; it only confirms one's idea that one is unique. Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen quote: "I think the main thing, don't you, is to keep the show on the..."
I think the main thing, don't you, is to keep the show on the road. Elizabeth Bowen

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