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Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes

Truth is so impossible. Something has to be done for it Picture Quote #1

My youth is escaping without giving me anything it owes me Picture Quote #1

There isn’t much to say. I haven’t been at all deedy Picture Quote #1

Pushing forty? She’s hanging on for dear life Picture Quote #1

Well, of course, people are only human... But it really does not seem much for them to be Picture Quote #1

There are different kinds of wrong. The people sinned against are not always the best Picture Quote #1

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[On writing:] What a difficult kind of work to choose! But of course one did not choose it. There was no choice Picture Quote #1

I never know why self-sacrifice is noble. Why is it better to sacrifice oneself than someone else? Picture Quote #1

You should not want to know the things in people’s minds. If you were meant to hear them, they would be said Picture Quote #1

The plot is not very important to me, though a novel must have one, of course. It’s just a line to hang the washing on Picture Quote #1

Dear, dear, the miniature world of the family! All the emotions of mankind seem to find a place in it Picture Quote #1

There is danger in courage. Cowardice is a power for good. We hardly know what it prevents Picture Quote #1

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Time is not a great healer. It is an indifferent and perfunctory one. Sometimes it does not heal at all. And sometimes when it seems to, no healing has been necessary Picture Quote #1

There is probably nothing like living together for blinding people to each other Picture Quote #1

People who have power respond simply. They have no minds but their own Picture Quote #1

At a certain point my novels set. They set just as hard as that jam jar. And then I know they are finished Picture Quote #1

A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit Picture Quote #1

There is more difference within the sexes than between them Picture Quote #1

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Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth. But we seem to have no other Picture Quote #1

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Truth is so impossible. Something has to be done for it (Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes) My youth is escaping without giving me anything it owes me (Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes) There isn’t much to say. I haven’t been at all deedy (Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes) Pushing forty? She’s hanging on for dear life (Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes) Well, of course, people are only human... But it really does not seem much for them to be (Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes) There are different kinds of wrong. The people sinned against are not always the best. (Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes) [On writing:] What a difficult kind of work to choose! But of course one did not choose it. There was no choice (Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes) I never know why self-sacrifice is noble. Why is it better to sacrifice oneself than someone else? (Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes) You should not want to know the things in people’s minds. If you were meant to hear them, they would be said (Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes) The plot is not very important to me, though a novel must have one, of course. It’s just a line to hang the washing on (Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes) Dear, dear, the miniature world of the family! All the emotions of mankind seem to find a place in it (Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes) There is danger in courage. Cowardice is a power for good. We hardly know what it prevents (Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes) Time is not a great healer. It is an indifferent and perfunctory one. Sometimes it does not heal at all. And sometimes when it seems to, no healing has been necessary (Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes) There is probably nothing like living together for blinding people to each other (Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes) People who have power respond simply. They have no minds but their own (Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes) At a certain point my novels set. They set just as hard as that jam jar. And then I know they are finished (Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes) A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit (Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes) There is more difference within the sexes than between them (Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes) Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth. But we seem to have no other (Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes)