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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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.

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...

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...

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...

First love is a little foolish and a lot of curiosity.

First love is a little foolish and a lot of curiosity.

Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint...

First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint...

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, the love that clings to your heart forever, no matter how much pain...

First love, the love that clings to your heart forever, no matter how much pain...

My first love broke my heart for the first time and I was like...

My first love broke my heart for the first time and I was like...

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....

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...

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...

I may not be your first love, first kiss, first sight, or first date but...

I may not be your first love, first kiss, first sight, or first date but...

It is out first love that we will use to gauge all others.

It is out first love that we will use to gauge all others.