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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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...

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

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

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start...

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start...

There are deserts in every life, and the desert must be depicted if we are...

There are deserts in every life, and the desert must be depicted if we are...

Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea...

Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea...

Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long...

Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long...

I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me.

I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me.

Support is correctly valued when it is for only the right ideas than big fame...

Support is correctly valued when it is for only the right ideas than big fame...

Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's...

Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's...

The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all...

The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all...

Ideas are the building blocks of ideas.

Ideas are the building blocks of ideas.

The American idea is a free church in a free state, and a free and...

The American idea is a free church in a free state, and a free and...

You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea

You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea