Quotes by Ivy Compton-Burnett

A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit. (Ivy Compton-Burnett)

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)

My youth is escaping without giving me anything it owes me. (Ivy Compton-Burnett)

People who have power respond simply. They have no minds but their own. (Ivy Compton-Burnett)

There is more difference within the sexes than between them. (Ivy Compton-Burnett)

There is probably nothing like living together for blinding people to each other. (Ivy Compton-Burnett)

There isn't much to say. I haven't been at all deedy. (Ivy Compton-Burnett)

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)

Well, of course, people are only human... But it really does not seem much for them to be. (Ivy Compton-Burnett)