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
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.
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!
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.
real men self
This is the real tragedy of mankind, that until now the spirit of man has not been able to free itself, even along the path of its own development, from the tentacles of self-deception.
lying men truth-is
Truth is no man's slave - but lies - what magnificent servants they make ...
people mind great-men
... most people are dead, and none of them seem to mind it. One hears a great many complaints about life, doesn't one? And there are people I know who would certainly grumble -- however dead they were -- if there were anything to grumble at.
men life-is made
... can life be made undignified by any act of man?
angel men saint
Neither saints nor angels have ever increased my faith in this enigma Life; but what are called 'common men and women' have increased it.
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.