Meeting people unlike oneself does not enlarge one's outlook; it only confirms one's idea that one is unique

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

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...

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...

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...

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

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

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,...

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...

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

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

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

Illusion is the first of the pleasures

Illusion is the first of the pleasures

What can this piece of paper do; imagine?

What can this piece of paper do; imagine?

We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament and embrace it with passion,...

We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament and embrace it with passion,...

Freedom from worries and surcease from strain are illusions that always inhabit the distance.

Freedom from worries and surcease from strain are illusions that always inhabit the distance.

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...

Claridge's is elegant but determinedly unglamorous. The only fantasy it has to offer is the...

Claridge's is elegant but determinedly unglamorous. The only fantasy it has to offer is the...

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.

Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.

Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.