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Quotes from A Time in Rome — Elizabeth Bowen

1899–1973 Ireland

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It is thought that women inspire by their beauty; more often they do so by their longings.

A Time in Rome (1960)

Cicero, in invoking the law of heaven, invoked what was by nature of heaven: law — inviolable principle, better than the vacillating gods.

A Time in Rome (1960)

I am sick of the governessy attitude of our age, which is coming to be more genuinely presumptuous, nosier and more busybody than the Victorian.

A Time in Rome (1960)

[T]here is a flaw in civilization from the instant it has to admit fear.

A Time in Rome (1960)

[U]ntruths are thieves, robbing us of a birthright.

A Time in Rome (1960)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Elizabeth Bowen (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.