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
feelings facts feelings-change
Feelings change facts ...
change believe people
People who talk of new lives believe there will be no new troubles.
change growth progress
A blossom must break the sheath it has been sheltered by.
may use changed
Knowledge cannot be changed, but the use to which it may be put can very easily be changed.
change people outsiders
Neither situations nor people can be altered by the interference of an outsider. If they are to be altered, that alteration must come from within.
except final taken
There is nothing final about a mistake, except its being taken as final
alter difficulty meeting ways
There are two ways of meeting difficulties: You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them.
dangerous practice
It is very a dangerous thing to have an idea that you will not practice
heart dry pool
Love comes into your being like a tidal wave ... sometimes it withdraws like a wave, till there isn't such a thing as a pool left, and every bit of your heart is as dry as seaweed beyond the wave's reach.
talking two making-love
The two best subjects for conversation are talking shop and making love.
time littles ends
Time indeed has very little to do with living except at its beginning or near its end.
children prayer hate
Curses are children of hate; they belong to the wrong family! Prayers are better than curses!
curse swearing ifs
Some of us cling to our curses if we haven't anything better to cling to!
unfortunate-things rewards appetite
the unfortunate thing about worldliness is that its rewards are rather less than its appetites.