Top 13 Quotes & Sayings by Jane Bowles

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American writer Jane Bowles.

Last updated on November 8, 2024.

Jane Bowles was an American writer and playwright.

American - Writer | February 22, 1917 - May 4, 1973

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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.

Jane Bowles

Victory fades so quickly that it is scarcely apparent and it is always the face of defeat that we are able to see.

Jane Bowles

Sisterly love is one of the few boons in this life.

Jane Bowles

Houses! I hate houses. I like public places. Houses break your heart.

Jane Bowles

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.

Jane Bowles

I fear nomads. I am afraid of them and afraid for them too.

Jane Bowles

the face of victory often resembles the face of defeat.

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.

Jane Bowles

I feel that I have done everything, absolutely everything wrong, but perhaps something nice will happen anyway.

Jane Bowles

I think that anything you feel strange or nervous about, you weren't cut out to do.

Jane Bowles

It may be true that the government that governs best governs least Unfortunately, the same is also true of the government that governs worst.

Jane Bowles

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.

Jane Bowles

Voting is one of the few things where boycotting in protest clearly makes the problem worse rather than better.

Jane Bowles

Top 13 Quotes & Sayings by Jane Bowles

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