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Phyllis Bottome Quotes

When lightning strikes, the mouse is sometimes burned with the farm Picture Quote #1

There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself meeting them Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Taboos on the human heart are more dangerous than any risk we run by using our emotions. Sensation is the life of man; it is his actual energy. To suppress it is to lose creative power! Picture Quote #1

There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them Picture Quote #1

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Truth, though it has many disadvantages, is at least changeless. You can always find it where you left it Picture Quote #1

If a writer is true to his characters they will give him his plot. Observations must play second fiddle to integrity Picture Quote #1

Things that happen, however painful they are at the time, do not matter very much for long. Only how we behave to them matters Picture Quote #1

... not being liked has a certain virtue about it, if the reason for the dislike does not lie in yourself! Picture Quote #1

Knowledge cannot be changed, but the use to which it may be put can very easily be changed Picture Quote #1

It is you men who make war!... We, who have children, would never make it! Why should a woman be broken up in pain, to give her child life, only to see him carried away from her, to make food for guns? Picture Quote #1

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It must depend as much upon the patient’s willingness to be cured, as upon the physician’s skill in curing. There is neither force not magic in psychiatry Picture Quote #1

Life was a series of messes, and one spent one’s time cleaning them up; if one had any heart at all one also gave a part of one’s time to cleaning up those of other people Picture Quote #1

It is better in the long run to be cheated than to cheat. I have learned that there is no middle way Picture Quote #1

A desire that has never been fulfilled is considerably less acute than one that has been fulfilled and then checked at the source Picture Quote #1

I am never at picnics. The ground was not meant to be sat upon in its raw state, I feel sure, and I prefer my food without either caterpillars or drafts! Picture Quote #1

She believed in letting children have a certain amount of rope, and only intervened at the last moment, in order to prevent their hanging themselves by it Picture Quote #1

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All persecution is a sign of fear; for if we did not fear the power of an opinion different from our own, we should not mind others holding it Picture Quote #1

Neither situations nor people can be altered by the interference of an outsider. If they are to be altered, that alteration must come from within Picture Quote #1

Curiosity is the only thing that really carries through time, isn’t it? The creative curiosity, I mean, which fights its way into expression? Picture Quote #1

... what most people tell you a confidence for is to get something off their chest which hasn’t really been on it. They don’t necessarily want to hide the truth from you, but they’re out to hide it from themselves Picture Quote #1

If one has one cow, it is always better not to be too familiar with those who have seven Picture Quote #1

Some of us cling to our curses if we haven’t anything better to cling to! Picture Quote #1

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Curses are children of hate; they belong to the wrong family! Prayers are better than curses! Picture Quote #1

When a reserved person once begins to talk, nothing can stop him; and he does not want to have to listen, until he has quite finished his unfamiliar exertion Picture Quote #1

Time indeed has very little to do with living except at its beginning or near its end Picture Quote #1

Artists are exposed to great temptations: their eyes see paradise before their souls have reached it, and that is a great danger Picture Quote #1

It’s a good thing to learn early that other people’s opinions do not matter, unless they happen to be true Picture Quote #1

A man whose every exertion is bent upon showing up the flaws in his wife’s character must be at least partially responsible for some of them Picture Quote #1

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When lightning strikes, the mouse is sometimes burned with the farm (Phyllis Bottome Quotes) There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself meeting them (Phyllis Bottome Quotes) 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 (Phyllis Bottome Quotes) 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 (Phyllis Bottome Quotes) Taboos on the human heart are more dangerous than any risk we run by using our emotions. Sensation is the life of man; it is his actual energy. To suppress it is to lose creative power! (Phyllis Bottome Quotes) There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them (Phyllis Bottome Quotes) Truth, though it has many disadvantages, is at least changeless. You can always find it where you left it (Phyllis Bottome Quotes) If a writer is true to his characters they will give him his plot. Observations must play second fiddle to integrity (Phyllis Bottome Quotes) Things that happen, however painful they are at the time, do not matter very much for long. Only how we behave to them matters (Phyllis Bottome Quotes) ... not being liked has a certain virtue about it, if the reason for the dislike does not lie in yourself! (Phyllis Bottome Quotes) Knowledge cannot be changed, but the use to which it may be put can very easily be changed (Phyllis Bottome Quotes) It is you men who make war!... We, who have children, would never make it! Why should a woman be broken up in pain, to give her child life, only to see him carried away from her, to make food for guns? (Phyllis Bottome Quotes) It must depend as much upon the patient’s willingness to be cured, as upon the physician’s skill in curing. There is neither force not magic in psychiatry (Phyllis Bottome Quotes) Life was a series of messes, and one spent one’s time cleaning them up; if one had any heart at all one also gave a part of one’s time to cleaning up those of other people (Phyllis Bottome Quotes) It is better in the long run to be cheated than to cheat. I have learned that there is no middle way (Phyllis Bottome Quotes) A desire that has never been fulfilled is considerably less acute than one that has been fulfilled and then checked at the source (Phyllis Bottome Quotes) I am never at picnics. The ground was not meant to be sat upon in its raw state, I feel sure, and I prefer my food without either caterpillars or drafts! (Phyllis Bottome Quotes) She believed in letting children have a certain amount of rope, and only intervened at the last moment, in order to prevent their hanging themselves by it (Phyllis Bottome Quotes) All persecution is a sign of fear; for if we did not fear the power of an opinion different from our own, we should not mind others holding it (Phyllis Bottome Quotes) Neither situations nor people can be altered by the interference of an outsider. If they are to be altered, that alteration must come from within (Phyllis Bottome Quotes) Curiosity is the only thing that really carries through time, isn’t it? The creative curiosity, I mean, which fights its way into expression? (Phyllis Bottome Quotes) ... what most people tell you a confidence for is to get something off their chest which hasn’t really been on it. They don’t necessarily want to hide the truth from you, but they’re out to hide it from themselves (Phyllis Bottome Quotes) If one has one cow, it is always better not to be too familiar with those who have seven (Phyllis Bottome Quotes) Some of us cling to our curses if we haven’t anything better to cling to! (Phyllis Bottome Quotes) Curses are children of hate; they belong to the wrong family! Prayers are better than curses! (Phyllis Bottome Quotes) When a reserved person once begins to talk, nothing can stop him; and he does not want to have to listen, until he has quite finished his unfamiliar exertion (Phyllis Bottome Quotes) Time indeed has very little to do with living except at its beginning or near its end (Phyllis Bottome Quotes) Artists are exposed to great temptations: their eyes see paradise before their souls have reached it, and that is a great danger (Phyllis Bottome Quotes) It’s a good thing to learn early that other people’s opinions do not matter, unless they happen to be true (Phyllis Bottome Quotes) A man whose every exertion is bent upon showing up the flaws in his wife’s character must be at least partially responsible for some of them (Phyllis Bottome Quotes)

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