Ivy Compton-Burnett

A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit. ↗

— Ivy Compton-Burnett

#credit #does #feeling #his #leopard

At a certain point my novels set. They set just as hard as that jam jar. And then I know they are finished. ↗

— Ivy Compton-Burnett

#certain point #finished #hard #i #jam

My youth is escaping without giving me anything it owes me. ↗

— Ivy Compton-Burnett

#escaping #giving #me #owes #without

People who have power respond simply. They have no minds but their own. ↗

— Ivy Compton-Burnett

#own #people #power #respond #simply

There is more difference within the sexes than between them. ↗

— Ivy Compton-Burnett

#difference #more #sexes #than #them

There is probably nothing like living together for blinding people to each other. ↗

— Ivy Compton-Burnett

#each #like #living #nothing #other

There isn't much to say. I haven't been at all deedy. ↗

— Ivy Compton-Burnett

#haven #i #much #say

Time 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. ↗

— Ivy Compton-Burnett

#does #great #heal #healer #healing

Well, of course, people are only human... But it really does not seem much for them to be. ↗

— Ivy Compton-Burnett

#does #human #much #only #people