People who have power respond simply. They have no minds but their own. — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share Image
There is probably nothing like living together for blinding people to each other. — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share Image
It is no good to think that other people are out to serve our interests. — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share Image
There are differnt kinds of wrong. The people sinned against are not always the best. — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share Image
Well, of course, people are only human... But it really does not seem much for them to be. — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share Image
Many people misjudge the permanent effect of sorrow, and their capacity to live in the past. — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share Image
You should not want to know the things in people's minds. If you were meant to hear them, they would be said. — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share Image
“People do not like to lose their lives. That is the reason why they should not take other people's.” — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share Image
There are different kinds of wrong. The people sinned against are not always the best. — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share Image
Most of the pleasure of making a book would go if it held nothing to be shared by other people. I would… — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share Image
It is not for us to hold ourselves above the position of grateful people. We have to be able to accept. Anything… — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share Image
When I die, people will say it is the best thing for me. It is because they know it is the worst.… — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share Image
I never know why self-sacrifice is noble. Why is it better to sacrifice oneself than someone else? — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share
It will be a beautiful family talk, mean and worried and full of sorrow and spite and excitement. — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share
“People do not like to lose their lives. That is the reason why they should not take other people's.” — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share
A person who can really be called an unselfish person, has no place in life. — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share
The plot is not very important to me, though a novel must have one, of course. It's just a line to hang the washing… — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share
Time is not a great healer. It is an indifferent and perfunctory one. Sometimes it does not heal at all. And sometimes when it… — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share
There are different kinds of wrong. The people sinned against are not always the best. — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share
Well, Buttermere, this is a day that is good to live and breathe in, that makes a man feel in his prime. Standing here… — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share
