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Elizabeth Bowen Quotes: writers do not find subjects: subjects find them. There is not so much a search as a state of open susceptibility.
         

writers do not find subjects: subjects find them. There is not so much a search as a state of open susceptibility.


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One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.



Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak.

Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak.



When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out.

When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out.



Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.



Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.



We are minor in everything but our passions.

We are minor in everything but our passions.



Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.

Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.



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

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



It is not helpful to help a friend by putting coins in his pockets when he has got holes in his pockets.

It is not helpful to help a friend by putting coins in his pockets when he has got holes in his pockets.



Disappointment tears the bearable film off life.

Disappointment tears the bearable film off life.





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Every driven person comes from a mountain of pain they wish to keep hidden.

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As I die, and my life flashes before my eyes, I want to see who made faces at me when I turned my head. That's all I want to see.

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Time to die. -Evil Angel



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All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.

All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.



Our intellectual development in the field of science has outstripped our human development in the field of character.

Our intellectual development in the field of science has outstripped our human development in the field of character.



The Bible is common-sense inspired.

The Bible is common-sense inspired.



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What is concisely referred to as global warming, is a fatal mistake of the present time.




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