Illusions are art, for the feeling person, and it is by art that we live, if we do

Quote by Elizabeth Bowen

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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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

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...

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

Man's feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of...

Man's feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of...

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who...

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who...

There's nothing good about goodnight when it means goodbye.

There's nothing good about goodnight when it means goodbye.

Forever has 7 letters, but so does goodbye....

Forever has 7 letters, but so does goodbye....

You know that you are in love when the hardest thing to do is say...

You know that you are in love when the hardest thing to do is say...

Bittersweet memories that is all I'm taking with me. So, goodbye. Please, don't cry.

Bittersweet memories that is all I'm taking with me. So, goodbye. Please, don't cry.

Why can't we get all the people together in the world that we really like...

Why can't we get all the people together in the world that we really like...

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that...

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that...

I love you more than songs can say, but I can't keep running after yesterday...

I love you more than songs can say, but I can't keep running after yesterday...

A man never knows how to say goodbye, a woman never knows when to say...

A man never knows how to say goodbye, a woman never knows when to say...