Elizabeth Bowen, The Death of the Heart
"One's sentiments -- call them that -- one's fidelities are so instinctive that one hardly knows they exist: only when they are betrayed or, worse still, when one betrays them does one realize their power."
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"One's sentiments -- call them that -- one's fidelities are so instinctive that one hardly knows they exist: only when they are betrayed or, worse still, when one betrays them does one realize their power."
Elizabeth Bowen, The Death of the Heart
"Darling, I don't want you; I've got no place for you; I only want what you give. I don't want the whole of anyone... What you want is the whole of me-isn't it, isn't it?-and the whole of me isn't there for anybody. In that full sense you want me I don't exist."
Elizabeth Bowen, The Death of the Heart
"She posed as being more indolent than she felt, for fear of finding herself less able than she could wish."
Elizabeth Bowen, The Death of the Heart
"A romantic man often feels more uplifted with two women than with one: his love seems to hit the ideal mark somewhere between two different faces."
Elizabeth Bowen, The Death of the Heart
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