Good-byes breed a sort of distaste for whomever you say good-bye to; this hurts, you feel, this must not happen again

Quote by Elizabeth Bowen

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

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

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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,...

Our fears are more numerous than our dangers, and we suffer more in our imagination...

Our fears are more numerous than our dangers, and we suffer more in our imagination...

A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.

A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.

The first man to see an illusion by which men have flourished for centuries surely...

The first man to see an illusion by which men have flourished for centuries surely...

I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in...

I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in...

What can this piece of paper do; imagine?

What can this piece of paper do; imagine?

It is our illusions that create the world

It is our illusions that create the world

Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of...

Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of...

All young women begin by believing they can change and reform the men they marry....

All young women begin by believing they can change and reform the men they marry....

As an organizer I start from where the world is, as it is, not as...

As an organizer I start from where the world is, as it is, not as...

Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy...

Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy...

Humility, that low, sweet root, From which all heavenly virtues shoot

Humility, that low, sweet root, From which all heavenly virtues shoot