The image of ourselves in the minds of others is the picture of a stranger we shall never see.
Elizabeth BibescoEntertaining is one method of avoiding people. It is very often the negation of hospitality.
Elizabeth BibescoFriendship is a difficult, dangerous job. It is also (though we rarely admit it) extremely exhausting.
Elizabeth BibescoYou don't have to signal a social conscience by looking like a frump. Lace knickers won't hasten the holocaust, you can ban the bomb in a feather boa just as well as without, and a mild interest in the length of hemlines doesn't necessarily disqualify you from reading Das Kapital and agreeing with every word.
Elizabeth Bibesco