Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes

Civilized life exacts its toll.

To young people the future is still long.

Our desires have a way of getting bigger with our incomes.

Ah, we have to be generous to be grateful ... One has oneself to be a giver.

There is nothing like living together for blinding people to each other.

Real charity and a real ability never to condemn-the one real virtue-is so often the result of a waking experience that gives a glimpse of what lies beneath things.

We can build upon foundations anywhere if they are well and truly laid.