Quote by Elizabeth Bowen
All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted;

All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted; when you find it taken for granted, you are unnerved. – Elizabeth Bowen

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There is no end to the violations committed by children on children, quietly talking alone. – Elizabeth Bowen

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Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope it is impossible. – Elizabeth Bowen

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