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
learning people matter
It's a good thing to learn early that other people's opinions do not matter, unless they happen to be true.
lightning innocence sometimes
When lightning strikes, the mouse is sometimes burned with the farm.
expensive
To be in the right is often an expensive business.
time littles ends
Time indeed has very little to do with living except at its beginning or near its end.
nun has-beens
... a woman who has been a nun is never anything else.
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!