Bowen

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    The rain it raineth on the just
    And also on the unjust fella;
    But chiefly on the just, because
    The unjust steals the just’s umbrella.
    —Charles Synge Christopher Bowen (1835–1896)

    A novel which survives, which withstands and outlives time, does do something more than merely survive. It does not stand still. It accumulates round itself the understanding of all these persons who bring to it something of their own. It acquires associations, it becomes a form of experience in itself, so that two people who meet can often make friends, find an approach to each other, because of this one great common experience they have had ...
    —Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)

    Forty years on, when afar and asunder Parted are those who are singing today.
    —E.E. Bowen (1836–1901)