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

Topics: Innocence Quotes

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

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

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

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,...

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

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.

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...

I don't know how you say good-bye to whom and what you love. I don't...

I don't know how you say good-bye to whom and what you love. I don't...

True love doesn't have a happy ending, because true love never ends. Letting go is...

True love doesn't have a happy ending, because true love never ends. Letting go is...

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...

When I mount the scaffold at last these will be my farewell words to the...

When I mount the scaffold at last these will be my farewell words to the...

I hope life treats you kind, and I hope you have all you've dreamed of....

I hope life treats you kind, and I hope you have all you've dreamed of....

If someone constantly makes you unhappy, then you must build up the courage to let...

If someone constantly makes you unhappy, then you must build up the courage to let...

Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not...

Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not...

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.

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...

You and I will meet again, When we're least expecting it, One day in some...

You and I will meet again, When we're least expecting it, One day in some...