“True enough,” said Mrs. Copperfield, bringing her fist down on the table and looking very mean. “I have gone to pieces, which… — Jane Bowles Copy Share Image
“I am so wily and feminine that I could live by your side for a lifetime and deceive you afresh each day.” — Jane Bowles Feminine-wiles Copy Share Image
“This did not in any way alter her intention of accomplishing her mission; on the contrary; it seemed to her all the… — Jane Bowles Astonishment Copy Share Image
The farther a man follows the rainbow, the harder it is for him to get back to the life which he left… — Jane Bowles Dog Copy Share Image
Sometimes when a man gets older he has a revelation and wants awfully bad to get back to the place where he… — Jane Bowles Get back Copy Share Image
Victory fades so quickly that it is scarcely apparent and it is always the face of defeat that we are able to… — Jane Bowles Able Copy Share Image
“But do you know," said Andy, "how beautiful and delicate a man's heart is when he is happy for the first time?… — Jane Bowles First time Copy Share Image
Houses! I hate houses. I like public places. Houses break your heart. — Jane Bowles Break Copy Share Image
“What makes me happy I seem to catch out of the sky with both hands; I only hold whatever it is that… — Jane Bowles Happiness Copy Share Image
I don't judge people by their bodies. Even when I was a young girl I liked men for their minds. Now that… — Jane Bowles Body Copy Share Image
I think that anything you feel strange or nervous about, you weren't cut out to do. — Jane Bowles Anxiety Copy Share Image
It may be true that the government that governs best governs least Unfortunately, the same is also true of the government that… — Jane Bowles Being true Copy Share Image
“Even then she wore the look of certain fanatics who think of themselves as leaders without once having gained the respect of… — Jane Bowles Leadership Copy Share Image
Voting is one of the few things where boycotting in protest clearly makes the problem worse rather than better. — Jane Bowles Democracy Copy Share Image
I feel that I have done everything, absolutely everything wrong, but perhaps something nice will happen anyway. — Jane Bowles Done Copy Share Image
A guardian angel comes when you are very young, and gives you special dispensation. From what? From the world. Yours might be… — Jane Bowles Advantage Copy Share Image
