Bowen

Famous quotes containing the word bowen:

“There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual.”
—Catherine Drinker Bowen (1897–1973)

“The charm, one might say the genius of memory, is that it is choosy, chancy, and temperamental: it rejects the edifying cathedral and indelibly photographs the small boy outside, chewing a hunk of melon in the dust.”
—Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)

“In writing biography, fact and fiction shouldn’t be mixed. And if they are, the fictional points should be printed in red ink, the facts printed in black ink.”
—Catherine Drinker Bowen (1897–1973)