Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen was an Irish-British writer renowned for her evocative and stylistically rich novels, short stories, and essays. Born in 1899, she gained prominence with works such as "The Heat of the Day" and "The Death of the Heart," exploring themes of war, identity, and human relationships. Bowen's keen psychological insight and distinctive narrative voice established her as a significant figure in 20th-century literature.
Book summaries for books written by Elizabeth Bowen
Quotes
It is a comfort to know that things go on being done and being done well.
One never knows how much one can endure until the breaking point is reached.
People are wrong when they say that everything is good in love.
The first time you see him, you won't think he's good-looking. But he grows on you.
It must be hard to be happy when you are fifteen and a half.
The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else.
There is no end of the evil that is done under heaven.
A world that is a broken heart and a lost spirit.
The best things can never be talk'd about.
It is a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us now and again.
We are not born all at once, but by bits.
I'm afraid I love you, and you're afraid you love me too.