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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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...

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...

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,...

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation

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

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

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...

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

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

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

If a fellow isnt thankful for what hes got, he isnt likely to be thankful...

If a fellow isnt thankful for what hes got, he isnt likely to be thankful...

It's not about what you didn't feel, it's about what you didn't show.

It's not about what you didn't feel, it's about what you didn't show.

Never take someone's feelings for granted because you never know how much courage that they...

Never take someone's feelings for granted because you never know how much courage that they...

In all affairs, love, religion, politics, or business, it's a healthy idea, now and then,...

In all affairs, love, religion, politics, or business, it's a healthy idea, now and then,...

Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures...

Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures...

One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at...

One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at...

You're the reason why she wakes up every morning, does her hair, wears make up,...

You're the reason why she wakes up every morning, does her hair, wears make up,...

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,...

Be with someone who knows exactly what they have when they have you. Not someone...

Be with someone who knows exactly what they have when they have you. Not someone...

In all affairs, love, religion, politics, or business, it's a healthy idea, now and then,...

In all affairs, love, religion, politics, or business, it's a healthy idea, now and then,...

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...