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~ Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes ~
« on: November 08, 2014, 11:14:33 AM »
Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes


An English novelist, published as I.
Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett, DBE (5 June 1884 – 27 August 1969) was an English novelist, published (in the original hardback editions) as I. Compton-Burnett. She was awarded the 1955 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for her novel Mother and Son.

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Real life seems to have no plots.

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Re: ~ Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes ~
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2014, 11:15:01 AM »
There is more difference within the sexes than between them.

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Re: ~ Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes ~
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2014, 11:15:28 AM »
We can build upon foundations anywhere if they are well and truly laid.

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Re: ~ Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes ~
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2014, 11:15:57 AM »
It is no good to think that other people are out to serve our interests.

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Re: ~ Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes ~
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2014, 11:16:27 AM »
There is probably nothing like living together for blinding people to each other.

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Re: ~ Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes ~
« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2014, 11:16:57 AM »
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.