Elizabeth Bowen: Frasi in inglese
“When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out.”
Origine: A World of Love
Part 2, chapter 1 http://books.google.com/books?id=6DPQAAAAMAAJ&q=%22intimacies+between+women+go+backwards+beginning+with+revelations+and+ending+up+in+small+talk+without+loss+of+esteem%22&pg=PA172#v=onepage
The Death of the Heart (1939)
“Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.”
The House in Paris (1935)
Origine: A Time in Rome (1960), Ch. V, p. 141
“It is thought that women inspire by their beauty; more often they do so by their longings.”
Origine: A Time in Rome (1960), Ch. IV, p. 132
“[T]here is a flaw in civilization from the instant it has to admit fear.”
Origine: A Time in Rome (1960), Ch. I, p. 23