Elizabeth Bowen – 10 Quotes

10 Quotes by Elizabeth Bowen

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

– Elizabeth Bowen

Never to lie is to have no lock on your door, you are never wholly alone.

– Elizabeth Bowen

There is no end to the violations committed by children on children, quietly talking alone.

– Elizabeth Bowen

Education is not so important as people think.

– Elizabeth Bowen

Experience isn’t interesting until it begins to repeat itself. In fact, till it does that, it hardly is experience.

– Elizabeth Bowen

Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope it is impossible.

– Elizabeth Bowen

When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out.

– Elizabeth Bowen

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

– Elizabeth Bowen

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

– Elizabeth Bowen

Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk.

– Elizabeth Bowen