the process of reading is reciprocal; the book is no more than a formula, to be furnished out with images out of the reader's mind.
Elizabeth BowenFor people who live on expectations, to face up to their realization is something of an ordeal.
Elizabeth BowenTwo things are terrible in childhood: helplessness (being in other people's power) and apprehension - the apprehension that something is being concealed from us because it is too bad to be told.
Elizabeth Bowen[My early stories] are the work of a living writer whom I know in a sense, but can never meet.
Elizabeth Bowen