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Elizabeth Bowen

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Elizabeth Bowen is the kind of thinker who lets the words do the talking — and they talk volumes. With equal ease, Elizabeth Bowen moved between Alone and Women, finding connections others missed. Browse 11 quotes by Elizabeth Bowen that cover ground from Alone, Women, War, Morning, and Love. A line that stays with you: "Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies."

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

— Elizabeth Bowen

Women

All Quotes by Elizabeth Bowen

“Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.”

— Elizabeth Bowen

Alone

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

— Elizabeth Bowen

Alone

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

— Elizabeth Bowen

Experience

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

— Elizabeth Bowen

Morning

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

— Elizabeth Bowen

Women

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

— Elizabeth Bowen

Alone

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

— Elizabeth Bowen

Love

“Education is not so important as people think.”

— Elizabeth Bowen

Education

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

— Elizabeth Bowen

Hope

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

— Elizabeth Bowen

War