There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual. Catherine Drinker Bowen More Quotes by Catherine Drinker Bowen More Quotes From Catherine Drinker Bowen All the others arts are lonely. We paint alone--my picture, my interpretation of the sky. My poem, my novel. But in music--ensemble music, not soloism--we share. No altruism this, for we receive tenfold what we give. Catherine Drinker Bowen musiclonelyart In early days, I tried not to give librarians any trouble, which was where I made my primary mistake. Librarians like to be given trouble; they exist for it, they are geared to it. For the location of a mislaid volume, an uncatalogued item, your good librarian has a ferret’s nose. Give her a scent and she jumps the leash, her eye bright with battle. Catherine Drinker Bowen eyemistakegiving Writing, I think, is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living. The writer experiences everything twice. Once in reality and once in the mirror which waits always before or behind. Catherine Drinker Bowen Will the reader turn the page? Catherine Drinker Bowen pageturnwillreader I speak truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little more, as I grown older. Catherine Drinker Bowen moredarespeaktruth
