Phyllis Bottome
Phyllis Bottome
Phyllis Forbes Denniswas a British novelist and short story writer who wrote under her birth name, Phyllis Bottome...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth31 May 1884
running long way
it is better in the long run to be cheated than to cheat. I have learned that there is no middle way.
courage safe enough
with courage a human being is safe enough. And without it - he is never for one instant safe!
doctors dying patient
Death deceives relations often, and doctors sometimes, but the patient - never.
fear ends
to everything there is an end - except fear.
feelings facts feelings-change
Feelings change facts ...
children thinking law
Personally, I think it's a good way to let a child start right in with the laws of Nature before he's old enough to be surprised at them.
children eye eyes-of-a-child
What are so mysterious as the eyes of a child?
christian justice doe
That a Jew is despised or persecuted is bad for him, of course-but far worse for the Christian who does it-for although persecuted he can remain a good Jew-whereas no Christian who persecutes can possibly remain-if he ever was one-a good Christian.
running heart men
Taboos on the human heart are more dangerous than any risk we run by using our emotions. Sensation is the life of man; it is his actual energy. To suppress it is to lose creative power!
change believe people
People who talk of new lives believe there will be no new troubles.
evil good-and-evil
We do good by ourselves, but we seldom do wrong alone.
character men wife
A man whose every exertion is bent upon showing up the flaws in his wife's character must be at least partially responsible for some of them.
red panic hot
A red-hot belief in eternal glory is probably the best antidote to human panic that there is.
thinking tree shadow
To see a shadow and think it is a tree that is a pity; but to see a tree and to think it a shadow can be fatal.