Wariness had driven away poetry; from hesitating to feel came the moment when you no longer could.
Elizabeth BowenOne's sentiments -- call them that -- one's fidelities are so instinctive that one hardly knows they exist: only when they are betrayed or, worse still, when one betrays them does one realize their power.
Elizabeth BowenAll my life I have said, "Whatever happens there will always be tables and chairs"--and what a mistake.
Elizabeth Bowen