Also, perhaps children are sterner than grown-up people in their refusal to suffer, in their refusal, even, to feel at all.
Elizabeth BowenGood-byes breed a sort of distaste for whomever you say good-bye to; this hurts, you feel, this must not happen again.
Elizabeth BowenFor people who live on expectations, to face up to their realization is something of an ordeal.
Elizabeth Bowen