I became, and remain, my characters' close and intent watcher: their director, never. Their creator I cannot feel that I was, or am. Elizabeth Bowen More Quotes by Elizabeth Bowen More Quotes From Elizabeth Bowen Intimacies between women go backwards, beginning with revelations and ending up in small talk without loss of esteem. Elizabeth Bowen Never to lie is to have no lock to your door, you are never wholly alone. Elizabeth Bowen Nobody speaks the truth when there is something they must have. Elizabeth Bowen