Ah, we have to be generous to be grateful ... One has oneself to be a giver. Ivy Compton-Burnett More Quotes by Ivy Compton-Burnett More Quotes From Ivy Compton-Burnett There are different kinds of wrong. The people sinned against are not always the best. Ivy Compton-Burnett differentkindpeople My youth is escaping without giving me anything it owes me. Ivy Compton-Burnett escapingyouthgiving As regards plot I find real life no help at all. Real life seems to have no plots. And as I think a plot desirable and almost necessary, I have this extra grudge against life. Ivy Compton-Burnett realwritingthinking I never know why self-sacrifice is noble. Why is it better to sacrifice oneself than someone else? Ivy Compton-Burnett sacrificenobleself Many people misjudge the permanent effect of sorrow, and their capacity to live in the past. Ivy Compton-Burnett sorrowpeoplepast A plot is like the bones of a person, not interesting like expression, or signs of experience, but the support of the whole. Ivy Compton-Burnett supportexpressioninteresting Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth,' said his cousin. 'But we seem to have no other. Ivy Compton-Burnett cluecousinhappiness A person who can really be called an unselfish person, has no place in life. Ivy Compton-Burnett unselfishselfishnesspersons A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit. Ivy Compton-Burnett leopardsdoefeelings As regards plots I find real life no help at all. Real life seems to have no plots. Ivy Compton-Burnett plotrealhelping Most of the pleasure of making a book would go if it held nothing to be shared by other people. I would write for a few dozen people, and sometimes it seems that I do so, but I would not write for no-one. Ivy Compton-Burnett writingbookpeople Magnifying a matter is not the way to mend it. Ivy Compton-Burnett exaggerationmatterway Real life seems to have no plots. Ivy Compton-Burnett plotreallife There is probably nothing like living together for blinding people to each other. Ivy Compton-Burnett womentogetherpeople People who have power respond simply. They have no minds but their own. Ivy Compton-Burnett mindpeople When I die, people will say it is the best thing for me. It is because they know it is the worst. They want to avoid the feeling of pity. As though they were the people most concerned! Ivy Compton-Burnett feelingsdeathpeople There isn't much to say. I haven't been at all deedy. Ivy Compton-Burnett havens There is danger in courage. Cowardice is a power for good. We hardly know what it prevents. Ivy Compton-Burnett cowardicedangerknows I am ill at ease with people whose lives are an open book. Ivy Compton-Burnett easebookpeople The most original novelist now writing in English. Ivy Compton-Burnett novelistsoriginalswriting
