A World of Love Quotes

“When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out.”
― Elizabeth Bowen, A World of Love

“A living dog's better than a dead lion.”
― Elizabeth Bowen, A World of Love

“One does not go into the world and come home the same: isolation has altered its nature when one returns.”
― Elizabeth Bowen, A World of Love

“I don't know what's come over this place,' Maud stated. 'However, the Lord did, so in despair He showed me what I had better do.'
'And did the Lord suggest your sticking up your father for ten shillings?'
'No, I thought of that,' said Maud, not turning a hair.”
― Elizabeth Bowen, A World of Love

“The sun rose on a landscape still pale with the heat of the day before. There was no haze, but a sort of coppery burnish out of the air lit on flowing fields, rocks, the face of the one house and the cliff of limestone overhanging the river. The river gorge cut deep through the uplands. This light at this hour, so unfamiliar, brought into being a new world – painted, expectant, empty, intense.”
― Elizabeth Bowen, A World of Love