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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Language is a mixture of statement and evocation

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation

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...

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

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,...

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...

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

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

A people without a language of its own, is only half a nation.

A people without a language of its own, is only half a nation.

Whoever said Marriage is a 50-50 proposition laid the foundation for more divorce fees than...

Whoever said Marriage is a 50-50 proposition laid the foundation for more divorce fees than...

Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words...

Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words...

Language is the Rubicon that divides man from beast.

Language is the Rubicon that divides man from beast.

Charles V said that a man who knew four languages was worth four men; and...

Charles V said that a man who knew four languages was worth four men; and...

Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere

Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere

Language is clumsy, understanding is subjective, religion is obstructive. We must rise above these obstacles...

Language is clumsy, understanding is subjective, religion is obstructive. We must rise above these obstacles...

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have...

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have...

Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation

Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation

Language is an archaeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human...

Language is an archaeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human...

I wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up.

I wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up.