All Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes
- Pushing forty? She's hanging on for dear life. Dear
- There is more difference within the sexes than between them. Difference
- As regards plot I find real life no help at all. Real life seems to have no plots. And as I think a plot desirable… All
- Anyone who picks up a Compton-Burnett finds it very hard not to put it down. Anyone
- I never agree with the compliments paid to it. It is not a great healer. It is an indifferent and perfunctory one. Sometimes it does… Agree
- My youth is escaping without giving me anything it owes me. Escaping
- At a certain point my novels set. They set just as hard as that jam jar. And then I know they are finished. Certain
- People who have power respond simply. They have no minds but their own. Inspirational
- There isn't much to say. I haven't been at all deedy. All
- As regards plots I find real life no help at all. Real life seems to have no plots. All
- Real life seems to have no plots. Life
- There are differnt kinds of wrong. The people sinned against are not always the best. Best
- Real charity and real ability never to condemn-the one real virtue-is so often the result of a waking experience that gives a glimpse of what… Ability
- Well, of course, people are only human... But it really does not seem much for them to be. Course
- There is probably nothing like living together for blinding people to each other. Blinding
- We can build upon foundations anywhere if they are well and firmly laid. Anywhere
- Parents have too little respect for their children, just as the children have too much for the parents. Children
- It is better to be drunk with loss and to beat the ground, than to let the deeper things gradually escape. Beat
- A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit. Change
- Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth,' said his cousin. 'But we seem to have no other. Appearance
- Time is not a great healer. It is an indifferent and perfunctory one. Sometimes it does not heal at all. And sometimes when it seems… All