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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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,...

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

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...

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

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...

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation

You can never understand one language until you understand at least two.

You can never understand one language until you understand at least two.

If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if...

If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if...

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands, and goes...

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands, and goes...

We speculated what it was like before we got language skills. When we humans had...

We speculated what it was like before we got language skills. When we humans had...

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

If French is no longer the language of a power, it can be the language...

If French is no longer the language of a power, it can be the language...

It is not difficult to write in Spanish; the Spanish language is a gift from...

It is not difficult to write in Spanish; the Spanish language is a gift from...

No one's going to be able to operate without a grounding in the basic sciences....

No one's going to be able to operate without a grounding in the basic sciences....

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes ... We...

Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes ... We...

Indeed, in many respects she was quite English and was an excellent example of the...

Indeed, in many respects she was quite English and was an excellent example of the...