Famous Quotes / Ivy Compton-Burnett
7 Quotations by Ivy Compton-Burnett
- 1. Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth. But we seem to have other.
- 2. At a certain point my novels set. They set just as hard as that jam jar. And then I know they are fi ...
- 3. It is no good to think that other people are out to serve our interests.
- 4. Pushing forty? She's hanging on for dear life.
- 5. Real charity and a real ability never to condemn-the one real virtue-is so often the result of a wak ...
- 6. Time is not a great healer. It is an indifferent and perfunctory one. Sometimes it does not heal at ...
- 7. We can build upon foundations anywhere, if they are well and truly laid.