No object is mysterious; the mystery is in your eye.
¶ (Attributed)
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Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973) Irish author
Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.
¶ The Death of the Heart (1938)
Experience isn't interesting till it begins to repeat itself -- in fact, till it does that, it hardly is experience.
¶ The Death of the Heart (1938)
Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.
¶ The House in Paris (1935)
Nobody speaks the truth when there is something they must have.
¶ The House in Paris (1935)
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