All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted; when you find it taken for granted, you are unnerved.

Quote by Elizabeth Bowen

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Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation

The innocent are so few that two of them seldom meet - when they do...

The innocent are so few that two of them seldom meet - when they do...

Illusions are art, for the feeling person, and it is by art that we live,...

Illusions are art, for the feeling person, and it is by art that we live,...

Good-byes breed a sort of distaste for whomever you say good-bye to; this hurts, you...

Good-byes breed a sort of distaste for whomever you say good-bye to; this hurts, you...

Meeting people unlike oneself does not enlarge one's outlook; it only confirms one's idea that...

Meeting people unlike oneself does not enlarge one's outlook; it only confirms one's idea that...

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

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

Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought

Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought

First love, with its frantic haughty imagination, swings its object clear of the everyday, over...

First love, with its frantic haughty imagination, swings its object clear of the everyday, over...

Even the smallest victory is never to be taken for granted. Each victory must be...

Even the smallest victory is never to be taken for granted. Each victory must be...

In life, so many things are taken for granted, but one thing I can honestly...

In life, so many things are taken for granted, but one thing I can honestly...

In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark...

In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark...

In the end, it all comes down to the fact that I cared too much,...

In the end, it all comes down to the fact that I cared too much,...

Revolution today is taken for granted, and in consequence becomes rather dull.

Revolution today is taken for granted, and in consequence becomes rather dull.

Learn to self-conquest, persevere thus for a time, and you will perceive very clearly the...

Learn to self-conquest, persevere thus for a time, and you will perceive very clearly the...

To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but...

To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but...

Revolution' today is taken for granted, and in consequence becomes rather dull.

Revolution' today is taken for granted, and in consequence becomes rather dull.

Sometimes you have to distance yourself from people to make them realize you don't always...

Sometimes you have to distance yourself from people to make them realize you don't always...

There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.

There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.

Goodbyes are goodbyes but saying goodbye to someone can be painful when you know you...

Goodbyes are goodbyes but saying goodbye to someone can be painful when you know you...