All my life I have said, "Whatever happens there will always be tables and chairs"--and what a mistake.
Elizabeth Bowenevery short story is an experiment - what one must ask is not only, did it come off, but was it, as an experiment, worth making?
Elizabeth BowenA romantic man often feels more uplifted with two women than with one: his love seems to hit the ideal mark somewhere between two different faces.
Elizabeth Bowen