Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes

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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.

- Ivy Compton-Burnett

Sometimes, Been, Necessary, Healer

A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit.

- Ivy Compton-Burnett

Leopard, Rather, His, Spots

At a certain point my novels set. They set just as hard as that jam jar. And then I know they are finished.

- Ivy Compton-Burnett

Set, Certain Point, Finished, Jar

People who have power respond simply. They have no minds but their own.

- Ivy Compton-Burnett

Power, Minds, Own, Respond

There is probably nothing like living together for blinding people to each other.

- Ivy Compton-Burnett

Living, Other, Like, Blinding

There is more difference within the sexes than between them.

- Ivy Compton-Burnett

More, Within, Than, Sexes

My youth is escaping without giving me anything it owes me.

- Ivy Compton-Burnett

Me, Giving, Owes, Escaping

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