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 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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