Human beings don't show, any more than cities at dusk, their real necessities! And yet if you looked -- past the circle of outside lights, through the street walls still standing -- into the want and emptiness within!
Phyllis BottomeNeither saints nor angels have ever increased my faith in this enigma Life; but what are called 'common men and women' have increased it.
Phyllis BottomeA man whose every exertion is bent upon showing up the flaws in his wife's character must be at least partially responsible for some of them.
Phyllis Bottome