A desire that has never been fulfilled is considerably less acute than one that has been fulfilled and then checked at the source.
Phyllis BottomeIf a writer is true to his characters they will give him his plot. Observations must play second fiddle to integrity.
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.
Phyllis Bottome... most people are dead, and none of them seem to mind it. One hears a great many complaints about life, doesn't one? And there are people I know who would certainly grumble -- however dead they were -- if there were anything to grumble at.
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