Elizabeth Bowen

“It is not helpful to help a friend by putting coins in his pockets when he has got holes in his pockets.”

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

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

“One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.”

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

“If you look at life one way, there is always cause for alarm.”