Skip to content

Heart Quote by Enid Bagnold

“She saw herself alone, alive and doomed, strong and helpless, passing in a line of women, her mother before her, the child Lucy, behind, women walking on a temple frieze, Greek women in fluttering robes rounding a vase's girth for ever.” quote by Enid Bagnold
Download Open image
““She saw herself alone, alive and doomed, strong and helpless, passing in a line of women, her mother before her, the child Lucy, behind, women walking on a temple frieze, Greek women in fluttering robes rounding a vase's girth for ever.””

Enid Bagnold

About This Quote

Source Novel: National Velvet, 1935

A woman feels isolated yet powerful, surrounded by generations of women, symbolizing cyclical destiny.

In simple terms: She feels alone but strong.

Key Takeaway

Embrace both vulnerability and strength.

Themes

identity generational legacy solitude

Mood

melancholic empowering

Type

literary philosophical

When to use this quote

  • family gatherings
  • historical reflection
  • artistic inspiration

Key Concepts

feminist theory mythic symbolism

Questions to Reflect On

  • What ancestral patterns influence you?
  • How do you balance strength and helplessness?
A Different Perspective

The view may romanticize suffering.

3.0 out of 5 (3 ratings)

More by Enid Bagnold

Explore all 52 Enid Bagnold quotes

More Heart quotes

Browse all 45,172 Heart quotes