[My early stories] are the work of a living writer whom I know in a sense, but can never meet.
Elizabeth BowenHabit is not mere subjugation, it is a tender tie; when one remembers habit it seems to have been happiness.
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 Bowen