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
lying men truth-is
Truth is no man's slave - but lies - what magnificent servants they make ...
lying doe virtue
... not being liked has a certain virtue about it, if the reason for the dislike does not lie in yourself!
daughter mother lying
all daughters, even when most aggravated by their mothers, have a secret respect for them. They believe perhaps that they can do everything better than their mothers can, and many things they can do better, but they have not yet lived long enough to be sure how successfully they will meet the major emergencies of life, which lie, sometimes quite creditably, behind their mothers.
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.
pain long silence
if you listen long enough - or is it deep enough? - the silence of a lover can speak plainer than any words! Only you must know how to listen. Pain must have taught you how.
hate men asking
Lots of men hate women now-a-days. ... It was a man-made world, and now we're asking to go shares in the making.