English - Novelist | June 5, 1884 - August 27, 1969
A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit.
Ivy Compton-Burnett
ChangeCreditFeelingLeopardRather
At a certain point my novels set. They set just as hard as that jam jar. And then I know they are finished.
KnowHardPointJustJarFinished
There isn't much to say. I haven't been at all deedy.
SayBeenMuch
There is more difference within the sexes than between them.
MoreDifferenceWithinBetweenThan
Time is not a great healer. It is an indifferent and perfunctory one. Sometimes it does not heal at all. And sometimes when it seems to, no healing has been necessary.
GreatTimeHealingSometimesBeen
My youth is escaping without giving me anything it owes me.
MeYouthGivingWithoutAnything
Well, of course, people are only human... But it really does not seem much for them to be.
PeopleHumanSeemWellOnlyCourse
There is probably nothing like living together for blinding people to each other.
TogetherPeopleLivingNothingLike
People who have power respond simply. They have no minds but their own.
PowerPeopleMindsRespondOwnWho
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