Phyllis Bottome
Phyllis Bottome
Phyllis Forbes Denniswas a British novelist and short story writer who wrote under her birth name, Phyllis Bottome...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth31 May 1884
time littles ends
Time indeed has very little to do with living except at its beginning or near its end.
unfortunate-things rewards appetite
the unfortunate thing about worldliness is that its rewards are rather less than its appetites.
wall real past
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!
responsibility self discipline
Morale is not a single instinct. It has many ingredients. A sense of personal responsibility, the natural courage of an individual, the amount of his acquired self-discipline -- and above all his interest in others -- these together make up the spirit of morale.
responsibility firsts oneself
Our responsibility to ourselves comes first -- because in a sense what one is oneself is the responsibility that one has for others!
nun has-beens
... a woman who has been a nun is never anything else.
pain long silence
if you listen long enough - or is it deep enough? - the silence of a lover can speak plainer than any words! Only you must know how to listen. Pain must have taught you how.
feelings facts feelings-change
Feelings change facts ...
cows rich seven
If one has one cow, it is always better not to be too familiar with those who have seven.
things-in-life possibility terrible
it is the possibilities which are the most terrible things in life.
writing giving poet
Poets, when they write of love, give themselves and everyone else away!
picnics were-not-meant-to-be caterpillars
I am never at picnics. The ground was not meant to be sat upon in its raw state, I feel sure, and I prefer my food without either caterpillars or drafts!
niceness pleasant
Nobody can afford to appear more pleasant than they really are!
hippopotamus
Marriage! ... Why, it is like living in a thimble with a hippopotamus!