The innocent are so few that two of them seldom meet - when they do meet, their victims lie strewn all round

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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,...

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation

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...

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive, the trick...

No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive, the trick...

To be an adult is to be alone.

To be an adult is to be alone.

So lonely 'twas that God himself Scarce seemed there to be.

So lonely 'twas that God himself Scarce seemed there to be.

That sad moment when you realize that the trash goes out more than you do.

That sad moment when you realize that the trash goes out more than you do.

Who knows what true loneliness is -- not the conventional word but the naked terror?...

Who knows what true loneliness is -- not the conventional word but the naked terror?...

Language has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone, and the...

Language has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone, and the...

Its time to move on if you aren't getting as much attention as you desire....

Its time to move on if you aren't getting as much attention as you desire....

Standing in the burning desert of life with the bare foot to stand. where the...

Standing in the burning desert of life with the bare foot to stand. where the...

Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that's where you renew...

Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that's where you renew...

Your coffin reached the monstrous hole. And a part of me went down into the...

Your coffin reached the monstrous hole. And a part of me went down into the...

When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you...

When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you...