Top 25 Quotes by Phyllis Bottome of 82 - Page 4

I wonder how often not the intention but the desire springs up in a doctor's mind: 'Can I let this human being out of the trap of Life?

Spring, Doctors, Mind

Curses are children of hate; they belong to the wrong family! Prayers are better than curses!

Prayer, Children, Hate

Phyllis Bottome (1998). “The Mortal Storm”, p.167, Northwestern University Press

artists are exposed to great temptations: their eyes see paradise before their souls have reached it, and that is a great danger.

Eye, Artist, Temptation

Phyllis Bottome (1934). “Innocence and experience: stories”

Every hen thinks she has laid the best egg! Can we not all believe as we choose? But the choice of others - what is that to us? Let them alone.

Believe, Acceptance, Thinking

Phyllis Bottome (1998). “The Mortal Storm”, p.52, Northwestern University Press

When lightning strikes, the mouse is sometimes burned with the farm.

Lightning, Innocence, Sometimes

Phyllis Bottome (1998). “The Mortal Storm”, p.161, Northwestern University Press

hurt vanity is one of the cruelest of mortal wounds.

Hurt, Vanity, Mortals

A man whose every exertion is bent upon showing up the flaws in his wife's character must be at least partially responsible for some of them.

Character, Men, Wife

Phyllis Bottome (1943). “Survival”, Boston : Little, Brown

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