Elizabeth Bowen Quotes


whenever possible I avoid talking. Reprieve from talking is my idea of a holiday. At risk of seeming unsociable, which I am, I admit I love to be left in a beatific trance, when I am in one. Friendly Romans recognize that wish.


Citations

Bowen, Elizabeth. A Time in Rome. Alfred A. Knopf, 1960.

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Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen
  • Born: June 7, 1899
  • Died: February 22, 1973
  • Nationality: Irish
  • Profession: Novelist

Elizabeth Bowen CBE was an Anglo-Irish novelist and short story writer notable for her fiction about life in wartime London.