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Many people misjudge the permanent effect of sorrow, and their capacity to live in the past.
Ivy Compton-Burnett
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Ivy Compton-Burnett
Age: 85 †
Born: 1884
Born: June 5
Died: 1969
Died: August 27
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London
England
I. Compton-Burnett
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At a certain point my novels set. They set just as hard as that jam jar. And then I know they are finished.
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There is more difference within the sexes than between them.
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A plot is like the bones of a person, not interesting like expression, or signs of experience, but the support of the whole.
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As regards plot I find real life no help at all. Real life seems to have no plots. And as I think a plot desirable and almost necessary, I have this extra grudge against life.
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People's weaker side is not necessarily their truer self.
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What concerns anyone so much as the time he has to live?
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As regards plots I find real life no help at all. Real life seems to have no plots.
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The plot is not very important to me, though a novel must have one, of course. It's just a line to hang the washing on.
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I never agree with the compliments paid to it. It 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.
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We must use words as they are used, or stand aside from life.
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charm should be on the surface. It has no hidden use.
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To young people the future is still long.
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It is no good to think that other people are out to serve our interests.
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We can build upon foundations anywhere if they are well and firmly laid.
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We do not discuss the members of our family to their faces.
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Magnifying a matter is not the way to mend it.
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People have never lost what they think they have.
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When I die, people will say it is the best thing for me. It is because they know it is the worst. They want to avoid the feeling of pity. As though they were the people most concerned!
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It is better to be drunk with loss and to beat the ground, than to let the deeper things gradually escape.
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There isn't much to say. I haven't been at all deedy.
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