Skip to quotes
Glory Quotes

Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk.

Elizabeth BowenNovelist · Irish · 1899 – 1973
More from Elizabeth Bowen
Women Quotes
#Beginning
All Inspirational Motivational Love Life Friendship Funny Happiness Success Wisdom Family Hope All topics

Related quotes

  • Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one. — Oscar Wilde
  • The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • What, sir, would the people of the earth be without woman? They would be scarce, sir, almighty scarce. — Mark Twain
  • The wish to lead out one's lover must be a tribal feeling; the wish to be seen as loved is part of one's self-respect. — Elizabeth Bowen
  • There is no end to the violations committed by children on children, quietly talking alone. — Elizabeth Bowen
  • It is not helpful to help a friend by putting coins in his pockets when he has got holes in his pockets. — Elizabeth Bowen
Photographers Privacy Terms Pixabay (opens in a new tab)
A Gojo Digital website · © 2026