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
thinking doe birth
death ... is not a great affair! Think - it happens once only - to each of us - as birth does. What do you know about being born? that - and no more - will you know about the act of death.
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.
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.
thinking creative bird
The only creative power I know is that of what might roughly be called 'love'; not of course a sentimental love: a far more impersonal and less individual emotion. I sometimes think that migratory birds may have it for each other. They fly in the same direction, and have never been seen to interfere with each other's flights.
believe acceptance thinking
Every hen thinks she has laid the best egg! Can we not all believe as we choose? But the choice of others - what is that to us? Let them alone ...
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.