I am fully intelligent only when I write. I have a certain amount of small-change intelligence, which I carry round with me as, at any rate in a town, one has to carry small money, for the needs of the day, the non-writing day. But it seems to me I seldom purely think ... if I thought more I might write less.
Elizabeth BowenMeetings that do not come off keep a character of their own. They stay as they were projected.
Elizabeth BowenHabit, of which passion must be wary, may all the same be the sweetest part of love.
Elizabeth BowenI know that I have in my make-up layers of synthetic experiences, and that the most powerful of my memories are only half true.
Elizabeth Bowen