Elizabeth Bowen

A romantic man often feels more uplifted with two women than with one: his love seems to hit the ideal mark somewhere between two different faces. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#men #romance #death

Livvy noted there seemed some communal feeling between the married: any wife could be faintly rude to anyone else's husband. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#rudeness #marriage

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

— Elizabeth Bowen

#against #alone #feeling #more #smiling

The importance to the writer of first writing must be out of all proportion of the actual value of what is written. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#first #importance #must #out #proportion

If a theme or idea is too near the surface, the novel becomes simply a tract illustrating an idea. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#idea #illustrating #near #novel #simply

Fantasy is toxic: the private cruelty and the world war both have their start in the heated brain. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#brain #cruelty #fantasy #heated #private

Art is one thing that can go on mattering once it has stopped hurting. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#go #hurting #once #one thing #stopped

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

— Elizabeth Bowen

#eagle #fate #like #rat

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

— Elizabeth Bowen

#autumn #close #day #early #early morning

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

— Elizabeth Bowen

#kinder #life #narcissist #nobody #own