There is no end to the violations committed by children on children, quietly talking alone.
Elizabeth BowenShort of a small range of physical acts-a fight, murder, lovemaking-dialogue is the most vigorous and visible inter-action of which characters in a novel are capable. Speech is what characters do to each other.
Elizabeth BowenIt is not helpful to help a friend by putting coins in his pockets when he has got holes in his pockets.
Elizabeth Bowen