First love, with its frantic haughty imagination, swings its object clear of the everyday, over the rut of living, making him all looks, silences, gestures, attitudes, a burning phrase with no context

Quote by Elizabeth Bowen

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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.

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation

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...

All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted; when you find...

All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted; when you find...

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,...

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.

When I have a daughter and she asks me who my first love was, I...

When I have a daughter and she asks me who my first love was, I...

Keep feeling the need for being first. But I want you to be the first...

Keep feeling the need for being first. But I want you to be the first...

Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first...

Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first...

First dates are awkward, first kisses are heavenly, first love is irreplaceable and first heartbreaks...

First dates are awkward, first kisses are heavenly, first love is irreplaceable and first heartbreaks...

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

First romance, first love, is something so special to all of us, both emotionally and...

First romance, first love, is something so special to all of us, both emotionally and...

I've never done anything for money. My first love is things of limited commercial appeal....

I've never done anything for money. My first love is things of limited commercial appeal....

Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting...

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting...

A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins...

A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins...

Every man is thoroughly happy twice in his life: just after he has met his...

Every man is thoroughly happy twice in his life: just after he has met his...