The only creative power I know is that of what might roughly be called 'love'; not of course a sentimental love: a far more impersonal and less individual emotion. I sometimes think that migratory birds may have it for each other. They fly in the same direction, and have never been seen to interfere with each other's flights.
Phyllis BottomeA refugee is as helpless as a new born child - but not so appealing! Besides, a new born child has no memories!
Phyllis BottomeTo be a Jew is to be strong with a strength that has outlived persecutions. It is to be wise against ignorance, honest against piracy, harmless against evil, kind against cruelty
Phyllis BottomeTo see a shadow and think it is a tree that is a pity; but to see a tree and to think it a shadow can be fatal.
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