Quotes of Ivy Compton Burnett - somelinesforyou

“ Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth. But we seem to have other. ”

- Ivy Compton Burnett

“ My youth is escaping without giving me anything it owes me. ”

- Ivy Compton Burnett

“ A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit. ”

- Ivy Compton Burnett

“ A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit. ”

- Ivy Compton Burnett

“ There is probably nothing like living together for blinding people to each other. ”

- Ivy Compton Burnett

“ We can build upon foundations anywhere, if they are well and truly laid. ”

- Ivy Compton Burnett

“ Time is not a great healer. It is an indifferent and perfunctory one. Sometimes it does not heal at all. And sometimes when it seems to, no healing has been necessary. ”

- Ivy Compton Burnett

“ Real life seems to have no plots. ”

- Ivy Compton Burnett

“ A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit. ”

- Ivy Compton Burnett

“ Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth. But we seem to have other. ”

- Ivy Compton Burnett

“ We can build upon foundations anywhere, if they are well and truly laid. ”

- Ivy Compton Burnett

“ Real charity and a real ability never to condemn-the one real virtue-is so often the result of a waking experience that gives a glimpse of what lies beneath things. ”

- Ivy Compton Burnett

“ My youth is escaping without giving me anything it owes me. ”

- Ivy Compton Burnett

“ We can build upon foundations anywhere, if they are well and truly laid. ”

- Ivy Compton Burnett

“ At a certain point my novels set. They set just as hard as that jam jar. And then I know they are finished. ”

- Ivy Compton Burnett

“ Pushing forty? She's hanging on for dear life. ”

- Ivy Compton Burnett

“ Real life seems to have no plots. ”

- Ivy Compton Burnett

“ It is no good to think that other people are out to serve our interests. ”

- Ivy Compton Burnett

“ Real charity and a real ability never to condemn-the one real virtue-is so often the result of a waking experience that gives a glimpse of what lies beneath things. ”

- Ivy Compton Burnett

“ Time is not a great healer. It is an indifferent and perfunctory one. Sometimes it does not heal at all. And sometimes when it seems to, no healing has been necessary. ”

- Ivy Compton Burnett

“ Pushing forty? She's hanging on for dear life. ”

- Ivy Compton Burnett

“ Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth. But we seem to have other. ”

- Ivy Compton Burnett

“ Time is not a great healer. It is an indifferent and perfunctory one. Sometimes it does not heal at all. And sometimes when it seems to, no healing has been necessary. ”

- Ivy Compton Burnett

“ Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth. But we seem to have other. ”

- Ivy Compton Burnett

“ Time is not a great healer. It is an indifferent and perfunctory one. Sometimes it does not heal at all. And sometimes when it seems to, no healing has been necessary. ”

- Ivy Compton Burnett

“ It is no good to think that other people are out to serve our interests. ”

- Ivy Compton Burnett

“ Real charity and a real ability never to condemn-the one real virtue-is so often the result of a waking experience that gives a glimpse of what lies beneath things. ”

- Ivy Compton Burnett

“ Time is not a great healer. It is an indifferent and perfunctory one. Sometimes it does not heal at all. And sometimes when it seems to, no healing has been necessary. ”

- Ivy Compton Burnett

“ At a certain point my novels set. They set just as hard as that jam jar. And then I know they are finished. ”

- Ivy Compton Burnett

“ At a certain point my novels set. They set just as hard as that jam jar. And then I know they are finished. ”

- Ivy Compton Burnett
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