Jane Bowles
I don't judge people by their bodies. Even when I was a young girl I liked men for their minds. Now that I'm middle-aged I see how right I was.Collection: Girl
I feel that I have done everything, absolutely everything wrong, but perhaps something nice will happen anyway.Collection: Nice
Voting is one of the few things where boycotting in protest clearly makes the problem worse rather than better.Collection: Voting
Houses! I hate houses. I like public places. Houses break your heart.Collection: Hate
Sisterly love is one of the few boons in this life.Collection: Love Is
the face of victory often resembles the face of defeat.Collection: Victory
I fear nomads. I am afraid of them and afraid for them too.Collection: Nomad
I think that anything you feel strange or nervous about, you weren't cut out to do.Collection: Cutting
A guardian angel comes when you are very young, and gives you special dispensation. From what? From the world. Yours might be luck. Mine is money.Collection: Angel
Victory fades so quickly that it is scarcely apparent and it is always the face of defeat that we are able to see.Collection: Victory
Sometimes when a man gets older he has a revelation and wants awfully bad to get back to the place where he left his life, but he can't get to that place- not often.Collection: Life
The farther a man follows the rainbow, the harder it is for him to get back to the life which he left starving like an old dog.Collection: Dog
It may be true that the government that governs best governs least Unfortunately, the same is also true of the government that governs worst.Collection: Government