--- title: "1 Delicate Man Quotes By Jane Bowles" description: "1 Delicate Man quotes by Jane Bowles. Plus more from Jane Bowles and more Delicate Man sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aad/jane-bowles-27310_first-time_but-do-you-know-said-andy-how-beautiful_1291560.jpg" --- > [“But do you know," said Andy, "how beautiful and delicate a man's heart is when he is happy for the first time? It is like the thin ice that has imprisoned those beautiful young plants that are released when the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-bowles/but-do-you-know-said-andy-how-beautiful-and-delicate-a-man-s-heart-is/) [Jane Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-bowles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aad/jane-bowles-27310_first-time_but-do-you-know-said-andy-how-beautiful_1291560.jpg) ## More by Jane Bowles > [“True enough,” said Mrs. Copperfield, bringing her fist down on the table and looking very mean. “I have gone to pieces, which is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-bowles/true-enough-said-mrs-copperfield-bringing-her-fist-down-on-the-table/) [Jane Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-bowles/) > [Sisterly love is one of the few boons in this life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-bowles/sisterly-love-is-one-of-the-few-boons-in-this-life/) [Jane Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-bowles/) > [“I am so wily and feminine that I could live by your side for a lifetime and deceive you afresh each day.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-bowles/i-am-so-wily-and-feminine-that-i-could-live-by-your-side-for-a/) [Jane Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-bowles/) > [“This did not in any way alter her intention of accomplishing her mission; on the contrary; it seemed to her all the more desperately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-bowles/this-did-not-in-any-way-alter-her-intention-of-accomplishing-her/) [Jane Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-bowles/) > [The farther a man follows the rainbow, the harder it is for him to get back to the life which he left starving like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-bowles/the-farther-a-man-follows-the-rainbow-the-harder-it-is-for-him-to-get/) [Jane Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-bowles/) > [Sometimes when a man gets older he has a revelation and wants awfully bad to get back to the place where he left his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-bowles/sometimes-when-a-man-gets-older-he-has-a-revelation-and-wants-awfully/) [Jane Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-bowles/) > [Victory fades so quickly that it is scarcely apparent and it is always the face of defeat that we are able to see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-bowles/victory-fades-so-quickly-that-it-is-scarcely-apparent-and-it-is/) [Jane Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-bowles/) > [“But do you know," said Andy, "how beautiful and delicate a man's heart is when he is happy for the first time? It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-bowles/but-do-you-know-said-andy-how-beautiful-and-delicate-a-man-s-heart-is/) [Jane Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-bowles/) > [the face of victory often resembles the face of defeat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-bowles/the-face-of-victory-often-resembles-the-face-of-defeat/) [Jane Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-bowles/) > [Houses! I hate houses. I like public places. Houses break your heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-bowles/houses-i-hate-houses-i-like-public-places-houses-break-your-heart/) [Jane Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-bowles/) > [“I am a writer and I want to write.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-bowles/i-am-a-writer-and-i-want-to-write/) [Jane Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-bowles/) > [I fear nomads. I am afraid of them and afraid for them too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-bowles/i-fear-nomads-i-am-afraid-of-them-and-afraid-for-them-too/) [Jane Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-bowles/) > [“What makes me happy I seem to catch out of the sky with both hands; I only hold whatever it is that I love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-bowles/what-makes-me-happy-i-seem-to-catch-out-of-the-sky-with-both-hands-i/) [Jane Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-bowles/) > [I don't judge people by their bodies. Even when I was a young girl I liked men for their minds. Now that I'm middle-aged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-bowles/i-don-t-judge-people-by-their-bodies-even-when-i-was-a-young-girl-i/) [Jane Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-bowles/) > [I think that anything you feel strange or nervous about, you weren't cut out to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-bowles/i-think-that-anything-you-feel-strange-or-nervous-about-you-weren-t/) [Jane Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-bowles/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/delicate-man/jane-bowles/#itemlist", "name": "1 Delicate Man Quotes By Jane Bowles", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“But do you know,\" said Andy, \"how beautiful and delicate a man's heart is when he is happy for the first time? 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