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14ec42c Life more often teaches us how to perfect our weaknesses than how to develop our strengths. Elizabeth Bibesco
727b9ea Those we love are entitled to resent the allowances we make for them. Elizabeth Bibesco
342d271 To be on a pedestal is to be in a corner. Elizabeth Bibesco
64b5ee7 What we buy belongs to us only when the price is forgotten. Elizabeth Bibesco
2eb9d41 It is easier to be generous than to be just. Elizabeth Bibesco
856ad6f Each play worth seeing should be watched a second time on the faces of the audience. Elizabeth Bibesco
3da29d6 Winter draws what summer paints. Elizabeth Bibesco
6cff190 We learn nothing by being right. Elizabeth Bibesco
2f40f27 Our losses should frequently be put on the credit side. Elizabeth Bibesco
f9aa51e Death is part of this life and not of the next. Elizabeth Bibesco
3928cc4 Perfect moments don't turn into half-hours. Elizabeth Bibesco
63edbc4 My soul has gained the freedom of the night. Elizabeth Bibesco
d2c669d The armored cars of dreams contrived to let us doso many a dangerous thing. Elizabeth Bishop
c0e06b3 It was well to have thus once really lived. Elizabeth Bisland Whetmore
30f51ae T]here is a flaw in civilization from the instant it has to admit fear. Elizabeth Bowen
1f61b29 U]ntruths are thieves, robbing us of a birthright. Elizabeth Bowen
736659f It is thought that women inspire by their beauty; more often they do so by their longings. Elizabeth Bowen
bf4cfcb Since I have landed in Quebec, I think we can say that I am Canadian. Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
4a29581 Never trust them, never trust them. They can't be trusted. Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
e854618 We'd have to go self-service. Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
3601fdc We loved him. Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
7e35e99 Was this yours? Oh, could you take it? Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
684e772 That's mine! Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
1416799 Dear Edwina, she always liked to make a splash. Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
b637800 I wouldn't if I were you, Noel; they count them before they put them out. Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
d7f08ec I'll polish it off myself. Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
d139f8e Flawed as I was, someone recognized me. Elizabeth Curtis Sittenfeld
9063ad1 I forgot, over and over, that the fact of my wanting something wasn't enough to make it happen. Elizabeth Curtis Sittenfeld
d84ec6f Were all men equal to-night, some would get the start by rising an hour earlier to-morrow. Elizabeth Gaskell
b9900fe That kind of patriotism which consists in hating all other nations. Elizabeth Gaskell
9e0d898 A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly. Elizabeth Gaskell
42c593e I'll not listen to reason...Reason always means what someone else has got to say. Elizabeth Gaskell
c6623ba We all of us try to make God in our image. It is one of the worst of our temptations. Elizabeth Goudge
7d96dd1 Human nature is intractable stuff, hard jagged stuff, the kind of stuff that dreams are wrecked on. Elizabeth Goudge
fb31e87 A sense of identity is the gift of love, and only love can give it. Elizabeth Goudge
e02de2a There is no greater tyranny than that of social custom. Elizabeth Goudge
613b339 Life is a reaching out for something or someone. That is its definition. Elizabeth Goudge
ebeb420 Truth is, often Lesley got the fuzzy end of the lollypop. Elizabeth Hand
357aead Sex, without society as its landscape, has never been of much interest to fiction. Elizabeth Hardwick
9b4d0f0 Achmed Come with us if you want to live. Elizabeth Haydon
cacdbc7 Rhapsody's father: The water won't hurt you, it's the panic that will. Stay calm. Elizabeth Haydon
d7ebef0 Rhapsody father: "Panic will kill you, even when nothing else wants to. Elizabeth Haydon
d151d50 Grunthor: Well, 'allo, Duchess! Oi was 'opin you'd drop in! Care for a spot o' tea? Elizabeth Haydon
a2be2b1 Grunthor: It's enough just to know that you fell for me. Elizabeth Haydon