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
[On writing:] What a difficult kind of work to choose! But of course one did not choose it. There was no choice. — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share Image
At a certain point my novels set. They set just as hard as that jam jar. And then I know they are… — 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 Image
It will be a beautiful family talk, mean and worried and full of sorrow and spite and excitement. — 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
A person who can really be called an unselfish person, has no place in life. — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
There are different kinds of wrong. The people sinned against are not always the best. — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share Image
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 Image
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