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.
children prayer hate
Curses are children of hate; they belong to the wrong family! Prayers are better than curses!
curse swearing ifs
Some of us cling to our curses if we haven't anything better to cling to!
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!
ears hunters grows
... the ears of the hunted grow even keener than a hunter's.
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 ...
doctors dying patient
Death deceives relations often, and doctors sometimes, but the patient - never.
courage safe enough
with courage a human being is safe enough. And without it - he is never for one instant safe!
character men wife
A man whose every exertion is bent upon showing up the flaws in his wife's character must be at least partially responsible for some of them.