It's not till sex has died out between a man and a woman that they can really love. And now I mean affection. Now I mean to be fond of (as one is fond of oneself) -to hope, to be disappointed, to live inside the other heart. When I look back on the pain of sex, the love like a wild fox so ready to bite, the antagonism that sits like a twin beside love, and contrast it with affection, so deeply unrepeatable, of two people who have lived a life together (and of whom one must die) it's the affection I find richer. It's that I would have again. Not all those doubtful rainbow colors.
After forty years of marriage we still stood with broken swords in our hands. - Enid Bagnold
After forty years of marriage we still stood with broken swords in our hands.
- Enid Bagnold
One can lie, but truth is more interesting. - Enid Bagnold
One can lie, but truth is more interesting.
I am not a born writer, but I was born a writer. - Enid Bagnold
I am not a born writer, but I was born a writer.
Before you fall asleep everyday, say something positive to yourself. - Enid Bagnold
Before you fall asleep everyday, say something positive to yourself.
I shall continue to explore-the astonishment of living. - Enid Bagnold
I shall continue to explore-the astonishment of living.
Why do birds sing in the morning? It's the triumphant shout: 'We got through another night!' - Enid Bagnold
Why do birds sing in the morning? It's the triumphant shout: 'We got through another night!'
I don't like people," said Velvet. "... I only like horses. - Enid Bagnold
I don't like people," said Velvet. "... I only like horses.
Who wants to become a writer? And why? Because it's the answer to everything. ... It's the streaming reason for living. To note, to pin down, to buil… - Enid Bagnold
Who wants to become a writer? And why? Because it's the answer to everything. ... It's the streaming reason for living. To note, to pin down, to buil…
A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again. - Enid Bagnold
A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.
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