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Ivy Compton-Burnett quotes

English Novelist June 5, 1884 – August 27, 1969

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Well, the English have no family feelings. That is, none of the kind you mean. They have them, and one of them is that relations must cause no expense. Ivy Compton-Burnett
Ivy Compton-Burnett quote: "A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling..."
A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit. Ivy Compton-Burnett
Time is not a great healer. It is an indifferent and perfunctory one. Sometimes it does not heal at all. And sometimes when it seems to, no healing has been necessary. Ivy Compton-Burnett
Ivy Compton-Burnett quote: "People who have power respond simply. They have no minds but..."
People who have power respond simply. They have no minds but their own. Ivy Compton-Burnett
Ivy Compton-Burnett quote: "Well, of course, people are only human... But it really does..."
Well, of course, people are only human... But it really does not seem much for them to be. Ivy Compton-Burnett
Ivy Compton-Burnett quote: "There is probably nothing like living together for blinding..."
There is probably nothing like living together for blinding people to each other. Ivy Compton-Burnett
Ivy Compton-Burnett quote: "People do not like to lose their lives. That is the reason why..."
People do not like to lose their lives. That is the reason why they should not take other people's. Ivy Compton-Burnett
Ivy Compton-Burnett quote: "My youth is escaping without giving me anything it owes me."
My youth is escaping without giving me anything it owes me. Ivy Compton-Burnett
Ivy Compton-Burnett quote: "There is more difference within the sexes than between them."
There is more difference within the sexes than between them. Ivy Compton-Burnett
Ivy Compton-Burnett quote: "There isn't much to say. I haven't been at all deedy."
There isn't much to say. I haven't been at all deedy. Ivy Compton-Burnett
Ivy Compton-Burnett quote: "Anyone who picks up a Compton-Burnett finds it very hard not..."
Anyone who picks up a Compton-Burnett finds it very hard not to put it down. Ivy Compton-Burnett
Ivy Compton-Burnett quote: "At a certain point my novels set. They set just as hard as..."
At a certain point my novels set. They set just as hard as that jam jar. And then I know they are finished. Ivy Compton-Burnett
Ivy Compton-Burnett quote: "The wrong is never the only thing a wrong-doer has done."
The wrong is never the only thing a wrong-doer has done. Ivy Compton-Burnett

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