Elizabeth Bowen Quotes & Sayings
37 most famous Elizabeth Bowen quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for her. She was an Irish novelist who passed away on 22 February, 1973.
“No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye.”
“When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out.”
“Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.”
“We are minor in everything but our passions.”
“Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day.”
“All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted; when you find it taken for granted, you are unnerved.”
“Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.”
“If a theme or idea is too near the surface, the novel becomes simply a tract illustrating an idea.”
“Never to lie is to have no lock on your door, you are never wholly alone.”
“Nobody can be kinder than the narcissist while you react to life in his own terms.”
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