Axioms Quote by Enid Bagnold

Isn't the fear of pain next brother to pain itself?

— Enid Bagnold

Pity is exhaustible. What a terrible discovery!

— Enid Bagnold

As for death one gets used to it, even if it's only other people's death you get used to.

— Enid Bagnold

It's not till sex has died out between a man and a woman that they can really love. And now I mean affection. Now…

— Enid Bagnold

“She changed her position, contemplated a row od apple shrubs that she had put in last autumn at the bottom of the terrace, and…

— Enid Bagnold

I am not a born writer, but I was born a writer.

— Enid Bagnold

Why do birds sing in the morning? It's the triumphant shout: 'We got through another night!'

— Enid Bagnold

One can lie, but truth is more interesting.

— Enid Bagnold

In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child…

— Enid Bagnold

“He's old now. He goes about gathering up the women who loved him and getting a kick out of their consternation and vague distress.…

— Enid Bagnold

“They went together to the pond. The frogs, frozen by the movement, sat still. Fourteen golden eyes like nuggets gleamed unwinking from the margin.…

— Enid Bagnold

“Suddenly, as they walked with their buckets, it was not the child in each face that she sought, but the Wonder that had raised…

— Enid Bagnold