Nobody can be kinder than the narcissist while you react to life in his own terms. – Elizabeth Bowen
Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends. – Elizabeth Bowen

Nobody can be kinder than the narcissist while you react to life in his own terms. – Elizabeth Bowen
Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends. – Elizabeth Bowen
Fantasy is toxic: the private cruelty and the world war both have their start in the heated brain. – Elizabeth Bowen
All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted; when you find it taken for granted, you are unnerved. – Elizabeth Bowen