One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it. - Elizabeth Bowen - Quotesmemo.com

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

Our culture is set up on a feud mentality, or a "Housewives" mentality, that women just fight. And it's such a shallow way to exist as far as our evolution is concerned, and our culture is concerned. It's fun to watch women fight, in a storytelling way, but in the world, women shouldn't be seen as a threat to other women.

Popular Topics

Gold, Once Upon A Time, Children, Living My Life, Hip Hop, Value Of Life, Curiosity, Hope, Wonder, Feelings, Math, Evidence, Knowledge, Loves, Worry, Brain, Air, Willing, Faith, Technical, Passive, Thank You, Kindly, Like, Poor, Confidence, Songs, Journey, Path Of Love, Home, Body, Song, Light, Private Life, Surprised, Drama, Motor, Important, Reality, Alien, Enthusiast, Thing, Afternoon, Disco, Fitness, Town, Diamond, America, Secret, Justice

Elizabeth Bowen

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

Educational, Grasping, Ideas, Live, Shadow

Same Author Quotes

When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out.

Crush, Love, Relationship, Saved, Wishes

somehow at parties at which one stays standing up one seems to require to be more concentratedly intelligent than one does at those at which one can sit down.

Concentratedly, Doe, Intelligent, Party, Sit, Somehow

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

Character, Hostilities, Molded, People, Personality

We are minor in everything but our passions.

Everything, Literature, Minor, Minors, Passion, Passions

we can surmount the anger we feel. To find oneself like a young tree inside a tomb is to discover the power to crack the tomb and grow up to any height.

Anger, Discover, Growing Up, Power, Tree

Similar Quotes

Harvey Pekar

Harvey Pekar

It's the stuff that happens right in front of your face when there's no routine and everything is unexpected. That's what I want to write about.

Everything, Routine, Stuff, Want, Writing

Pope Francis

Pope Francis

Jesus wanted to show us his heart as the heart that loved so deeply. For this reason we have this commemoration today, especially of God's love. God loved us, he loved us with such great love. I am thinking of what St Ignatius told us. . . . He pointed out two criteria on love. The first: love is expressed more clearly in actions than in words. The second: there is greater love in giving than in receiving.

Criteria, Heart, Jesus, Love, Loved

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Not to have an adequate air force in the present state of the world is to compromise the foundations of national freedom and independence.

Air, Foundations, Freedom, Independence, Military, State

Laura Linney

Laura Linney

Our culture is set up on a feud mentality, or a "Housewives" mentality, that women just fight. And it's such a shallow way to exist as far as our evolution is concerned, and our culture is concerned. It's fun to watch women fight, in a storytelling way, but in the world, women shouldn't be seen as a threat to other women.

Fun, Fighting, Culture, Concerned, Way

Aeschylus

Aeschylus

But let the good prevail.

Good, Let, Prevail